1John 2
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My little children, these things write I to you that you may not sin. And if any man
sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
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and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole
world.
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And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
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He who says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth
is not in him;
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but whoso keeps his word, in him truly has the love of God been perfected. Hereby
we know that we are in him:
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he who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
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Beloved, no new commandment write I to you, but an old commandment which you had from
the beginning: the old commandment is the word which you heard.
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Again, a new commandment write I to you, which thing is true in him and in you; because
the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
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He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until
now.
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He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling
in him.
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But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows
not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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I write to you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name`s
sake.
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I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to
you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, little
children, because you know the Father.
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I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I
have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides
in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
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Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the
vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
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And the world passes away, and its lust: but he who does the will of God abides
for ever.
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Little children, it is the last hour: and as you heard that antichrist comes, even
now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
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They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would
have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that
they all are not of us.
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And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all the things.
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I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it,
and because no lie is of the truth.
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Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist,
[even] he who denies the Father and the Son.
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Whoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he who confesses the Son has
the Father also.
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As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which
you heard from the beginning abide in you, you also shall abide in the Son, and in
the Father.
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And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal.
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These things have I written to you concerning them that would lead you astray.
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And as for you, the anointing which you received of him abides in you, and you need
not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teaches you; concerning all things,
and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you abide in him.
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And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may
have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one also that does righteousness
is engendered of him.