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1 John 2

Christ Is Our Advocate

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 aMy little children, I am  bwriting these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins,  cwe have an  1 dAdvocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

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and He Himself is  athe  1propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also  bfor those of the whole world.

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 aBy this we know that we have come to  bknow Him, if we  ckeep His commandments.

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The one who says, " aI have come to  bknow Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a  cliar, and  dthe truth is not in him;

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but whoever  akeeps His word, in him the  blove of God has truly been perfected.  cBy this we know that we are in Him:

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the one who says he  aabides in Him  bought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

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 aBeloved, I am  bnot writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had  cfrom the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

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 1On the other hand, I am writing  aa new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because  bthe darkness is passing away and  cthe true Light is already shining.

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The one who says he is in the Light and yet  ahates his  bbrother is in the darkness until now.

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 aThe one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

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But the one who  ahates his brother is in the darkness and  bwalks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has  cblinded his eyes.

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I am writing to you,  alittle children, because  byour sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.

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I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him  awho has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because  byou have overcome  cthe evil one. I have written to you, children, because  dyou know the Father.

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I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him  awho has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are  bstrong, and the  cword of God abides in you, and  dyou have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

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Do not love  athe world nor the things in the world.  bIf anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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For all that is in the world,  athe lust of the flesh and  bthe lust of the eyes and  cthe boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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 aThe world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who  bdoes the will of God lives forever.

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Children,  ait is the last hour; and just as you heard that  bantichrist is coming,  ceven now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

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 aThey 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,  bso that  1it would be shown that they all are not of us.

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 1But you have an  aanointing from  bthe Holy One, and  cyou all know.

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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but  abecause you do know it, and  1because no lie is  bof the truth.

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Who is the liar but  athe one who denies that Jesus is the  1Christ? This is  bthe antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

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 aWhoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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As for you, let that abide in you which you heard  afrom the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also  bwill abide in the Son and in the Father.

The Promise Is Eternal Life

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 aThis is the promise which He Himself  1made to us: eternal life.

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These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to  adeceive you.

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As for you, the  aanointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing  bteaches you about all things, and is  ctrue and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you,  1you abide in Him.

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Now,  alittle children, abide in Him, so that when He  bappears, we may have  cconfidence and  dnot  1shrink away from Him in shame  2at His  ecoming.

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If you know that  aHe is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness  bis  1born of Him.



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