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Andthisis the confidencethat we havein[a]him,that,if we ask any thingaccording to hiswill, he hearethus:
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Andif we knowthat he hearus,whatsoeverweask, we knowthat we have the petitionsthat we desiredofhim.
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If any manseehisbrothersin a sin which is notuntodeath, he shall ask, and he shall givehimlife for them that sinnotuntodeath. There is a sinuntodeath: I do notsaythat he shall prayforit.
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Allunrighteousnessissin:and there is a sinnotuntodeath.
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We knowthatwhosoever is bornofGodsinnethnot;but he that is begottenofGodkeepethhimself,and that wicked onetouchethhimnot.
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And we knowthat we areofGod,and the wholeworldliethinwickedness.
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And we knowthat the Son of God is come, and hath givenus an understanding,that we may know him that is true,and we arein him that is true, even inhisSonJesusChrist.Thisis the trueGod,andeternallife.