1 My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you don't sin. But if you do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.
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He is God's way of dealing with our sins, not only ours but the sins of the whole world.
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This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
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The one who claims, "I know him," while not keeping his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.
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But the love of God is truly perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know we are in him.
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The one who claims to remain in him ought to live in the same way as he lived.