1John 3
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Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called
children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knows us not, because
it knew him not.
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Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall
be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see
him even as he is.
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And every one that has this hope [set] on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
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Every one that does sin does also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
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And you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.
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Whoever abides in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither knows him.
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[My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he who does righteousness is righteous,
even as he is righteous:
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he who does sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. To this end
was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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Whoever is engendered of God does no sin, because his seed abides in him: and he cannot
sin, because he is engendered of God.
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In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does
not righteousness is not of God, neither he who loves not his brother.
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For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one
another:
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not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him?
Because his works were evil, and his brother`s righteous.
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Marvel not, brethren, if the world hates you.
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We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren.
He who loves not abides in death.
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Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal
life abiding in him.
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Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren.
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But whoso has the world`s goods, and beholds his brother in need, and shuts up his
compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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[My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed
and truth.
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Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
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because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
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Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
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and whatever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the
things that are pleasing in his sight.
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And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ,
and love one another, even as he gave us commandment.
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And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And hereby we know
that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.