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I havenotwritten unto youbecause ye knownot the truth,butbecause ye knowit,andthatno*lieisof the truth.
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Whois a liarbut he that denieththatJesusis* the Christ?Heisantichrist, that denieth the Fatherand the Son.
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Whosoeverdenieth the Son, the same hathnot the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Sonhath the Fatheralso.
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Let that thereforeabideinyou,whichye have heardfrom the beginning.If that which ye have heardfrom the beginning shall remaininyou,yealso shall continuein the Son,andin the Father.
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Andthisis the promisethathe hath promisedus, even eternallife.
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These things have I written unto youconcerning them that seduceyou.
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But the anointingwhichye have receivedofhimabidethinyou,and ye need*notthat any manteachyou:butas the sameanointingteachethyouof all things,andistruth,andisnolie,and even as it hath taughtyou, ye shall abideinhim.[a]
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Andnow, little children,abideinhim;that,when he shall appear , we may haveconfidence,andnot be ashamedbeforehimathiscoming.
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If ye knowthat he isrighteous, ye knowthat every one that doethrighteousness is bornofhim.