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My littlechildren, I am writingthesethings to you so that you may not sin. And ifanyonesins, we have an Advocate with the Father, JesusChrist the righteous;
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Beloved, I am not writing a newcommandment to you, but an oldcommandmentwhich you have had from the beginning; the oldcommandment is the wordwhich you have heard.
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On the otherhand, I am writing a newcommandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passingaway and the trueLight is alreadyshining.
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But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not knowwhere he is goingbecause the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, youngmen, because you have overcome the evilone. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
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I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, youngmen, because you are strong, and the word of Godabides in you, and you have overcome the evilone.
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastfulpride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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Children, it is the lasthour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, evennowmanyantichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the lasthour.
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They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
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As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. Ifwhat you heard from the beginningabides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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As for you, the anointingwhich you received from Him abides in you, and you havenoneed for anyone to teach you; but as His anointingteaches you aboutallthings, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.