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That which was from the beginning that which we have heard that which we have seen with our eyes that which we beheldhave looked upon and touched with our hands handled concerning the Wordword of life— |
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and the life was manifestedmade manifest and we havesaw seenit and beartestify witnessto it and declareproclaim untoto you the life the eternal life which was with the Father and was manifestedmade untomanifest to us;— |
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that which we have seen and heard declare we untoproclaim also to you alsoso that yeyou also may have fellowship with us:; yea and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ: |
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andAnd thesewe thingsare wewriting writethis that our joy may be made fullcomplete |
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AndThis this is the message which we have heard from him and announceproclaim untoto you that God is light and in him is no darkness at all |
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If we say that we have fellowship with him andwhile we walk in the darkness we lie and do not live according to the truth:; |
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but if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one with another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleansethcleanses us from all sin |
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If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us |
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If we confess our sins he is faithful and righteousjust toand will forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness |
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If we say that we have not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in us |
| 2:1 |
My little children theseI thingsam writewriting Ithis untoto you so that yeyou may not sin; Andbut if any manone does sin we have an Advocateadvocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous:; |
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and he is the propitiationexpiation for our sins; and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world |
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And herebyby this we knowmay be sure that we know him if we keep his commandments |
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He thatwho saithsays I know him andbut keepethdisobeys not his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him; |
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but whosowhoever keepethkeeps his word in him verilytruly hath the love offor God beenis perfected HerebyBy this we knowmay be sure that we are in him: |
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he thatwho saithsays he abidethabides in him ought himself also to walk evenin asthe same way in which he walked |
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Beloved noI newam commandmentwriting writeyou Ino untonew youcommandment but an old commandment which yeyou had from the beginning:; the old commandment is the word which yeyou have heard |
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AgainYet aI newam commandmentwriting writeyou Ia untonew youcommandment which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shinethshining |
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He thatwho saithsays he is in the light and hatethhates his brother is in the darkness evenstill until now |
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He thatwho lovethloves his brother abidethabides in the light and in it there is no occasioncause offor stumbling in him |
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But he thatwho hatethhates his brother is in the darkness and walkethwalks in the darkness and knowethdoes not whitherknow where he goethis going because the darkness hathhas blinded his eyes |
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I writeam untowriting to you my little children because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake |
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I writeam untowriting to you fathers because yeyou know him who is from the beginning I writeam untowriting to you young men because yeyou have overcome the evil one I havewrite writtento unto you little children because yeyou know the Father |
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I havewrite writtento unto you fathers because yeyou know him who is from the beginning I havewrite writtento unto you young men because yeyou are strong and the word of God abidethabides in you and yeyou have overcome the evil one |
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LoveDo not love the world neitheror the things that are in the world If any manone loveloves the world the love offor 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 vainglorypride of life is not of the Father but is of the world |
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And the world passethpasses away and the lust thereof:of it; but he thatwho doethdoes the will of God abidethabides for ever |
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LittleChildren children it is the last hour:; and as yeyou have heard that antichrist comethis evencoming so now havemany thereantichrists arisenhave many antichristscome; wherebytherefore 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 theyit might be madeplain manifest that they all are not of us |
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AndBut yeyou have anbeen anointinganointed fromby the Holy One and yeyou know all thingsknow |
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I havewrite to you not writtenbecause unto you becausedo yenot know not the truth but because yeyou know it and becauseknow that no lie is of the truth |
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Who is the liar but he thatwho deniethdenies that Jesus is the Christ This is the antichrist even he thatwho deniethdenies the Father and the Son |
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WhosoeverNo deniethone thewho Sondenies the sameSon hathhas not the Father: heHe thatwho confessethconfesses the Son hathhas the Father also |
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AsLet forwhat you letheard thatfrom the beginning abide in you which ye heard from the beginning If thatwhat whichyou ye heard from the beginning abideabides in you yethen alsoyou shallwill abide in the Son and in the Father |
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And this is thewhat promisehe whichhas he promised us eveneternal the life eternal |
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TheseI thingswrite havethis Ito written unto you concerningabout themthose thatwho would leaddeceive you; astray |
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Andbut as for you the anointing which yeyou received offrom him abidethabides in you and yeyou have no need not that any one should teach you; but as his anointing teachethteaches you concerningabout alleverything things and is true and is no lie andjust even as it has taught you ye abide in him |
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And now my little children abide in him; so that ifwhen he shallappears be manifested we may have boldnessconfidence and not beshrink ashamedfrom before him in shame at his coming |
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If yeyou know that he is righteous yeyou knowmay be sure that every one alsowho thatdoes doethright righteousness is begottenborn of him |
| 3:1 |
BeholdSee what manner of love the Father hathhas bestowedgiven upon us that we should be called children of God; and suchso we are ForThe thisreason causewhy the world knowethdoes not know us notis becausethat it knewdid not know him not |
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Beloved nowwe are weGods children ofnow; God and it isdoes not yet madeappear manifest what we shall be Webut we know that ifwhen he shallappears be manifested we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is |
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And every one thatwho haththus thishopes hopein set on him purifiethpurifies himself even as he is pure |
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Every one thatwho doethcommits sin doethis alsoguilty of lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness |
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AndYou ye know that he wasappeared manifested to take away sins; and in him there is no sin |
| 3:6 |
WhosoeverNo abidethone who abides in him sinnethsins; not:no whosoeverone sinnethwho hathsins nothas either seen him neitheror knowethknown him |
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MyLittle little children let no manone leaddeceive you astray:He hewho thatdoes doethright righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous: |
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heHe thatwho doethcommits sin is of the devil; for the devil sinnethhas sinned from the beginning ToThe thisreason end was the Son of God manifestedappeared thatwas heto might destroy the works of the devil |
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WhosoeverNo isone begottenborn of God doethcommits no sin; becausefor hisGods seednature abidethabides in him: and he cannot sin because he is begottenborn of God |
| 3:10 |
InBy this it may be seen who are the children of God areand manifestwho andare the children of the devil: whosoeverwhoever doethdoes not righteousnessdo right is not of God neithernor he thatwho lovethdoes not love his brother |
| 3:11 |
For this is the message which yeyou have heard from the beginning that we should love one another: |
| 3:12 |
and not asbe like Cain who was of the evil one and slewmurdered his brother And whereforewhy slewdid he murder him Because his worksown deeds were evil and his brothers righteous |
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MarvelDo not wonder brethren ifthat the world hatethhates you |
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We know that we have passed out of death into life because we love the brethren He thatwho lovethdoes not abidethlove abides in death |
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WhosoeverAny hatethone who hates his brother is a murderer: and yeyou know that no murderer hathhas eternal life abiding in him |
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HerebyBy knowthis we know love becausethat he laid down his life for us:; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren |
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But whosoif hathany one has the worlds goods and beholdethsees his brother in need andyet shuttethcloses up his compassionheart fromagainst him how dothdoes theGods love of God abide in him |
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MyLittle little children let us not love in word neitheror withspeech the tongue; but in deed and in truth |
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HerebyBy shallthis we shall know that we are of the truth and shallreassure assure our hearthearts before him: |
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becausewhenever if our hearthearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearthearts and knowethhe allknows thingseverything |
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Beloved if our hearthearts do not condemn us not we have boldnessconfidence towardbefore God; |
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and whatsoever we ask we receive offrom him whatever we ask because we keep his commandments and do thewhat thingspleases thathim 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 evenjust as he gavehas commanded us commandment |
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AndAll hewho thatkeep keepeth his commandments abidethabide in him and he in himthem And herebyby this we know that he abidethabides in us by the Spirit which he gavehas given us |
| 4:1 |
Beloved believedo not believe every spirit but provetest the spirits to see whether they are of God; becausefor many false prophets arehave gone out into the world |
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HerebyBy this you know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit thatwhich confessethconfesses that Jesus Christ ishas come in the flesh is of God: |
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and every spirit thatwhich confessethdoes not confess Jesus is not of God: andThis this is the spirit of the antichrist whereofof yewhich haveyou heard that it cometh;was coming and now it is in the world already |
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YeLittle children you are of God my little children and have overcome them:; becausefor greater is he thatwho is in you is greater than he thatwho is in the world |
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They are of the world: therefore speakwhat they assay is of the world and the world hearethlistens to them |
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We are of God: heWhoever thatknows knoweth God hearethlistens to us; and he who is not of God hearethdoes not listen to us not By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error |
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Beloved let us love one another:; for love is of God; and everyhe onewho thatloves loveth is begottenborn of God and knowethknows God |
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He thatwho lovethdoes not knowethlove does not know God; for God is love |
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HereinIn wasthis the love of God manifestedwas inmade manifest among us that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through him |
| 4:10 |
HereinIn this is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiationexpiation for our sins |
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No man hathhas beheldever seen God; at any time: if we love one another God abidethabides in us and his love is perfected in us: |
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herebyBy this we know that we abide in him and he in us because he hathhas given us of his own Spirit |
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And we have beheldseen and beartestify witness that the Father hathhas sent thehis Son toas be the SaviourSavior of the world |
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WhosoeverWhoever shallconfesses confess that Jesus is the Son of God God abidethabides in him and he in God |
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AndSo we know and havebelieve believed the love which God hathhas infor us God is love; and he thatwho abidethabides in love abidethabides in God and God abidethabides in him |
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HereinIn this is love madeperfected perfect with us that we may have boldnessconfidence infor the day of judgment; because as he is even so are we in this world |
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There is no fear in love: but perfect love castethcasts out fear becauseFor fear hathhas to do with punishment; and he thatwho fearethfears is not madeperfected perfect in love |
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If aany manone saysays I love God and hatethhates his brother he is a liar:; for he thatwho lovethdoes not love his brother whom he hathhas seen cannot love God whom he hathhas not seen |
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And this commandment we have we from him that he who lovethloves God should love his brother also |
| 5:1 |
WhosoeverEvery believethone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begottena child of God: and whosoeverevery lovethone himwho thatloves begatthe lovethparent himloves alsothe thatchild is begotten of him |
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HerebyBy this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and doobey his commandments |
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For this is the love of God that we keep his commandments: andAnd his commandments are not grievousburdensome |
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For whatsoeverwhatever is begottenborn of God overcomethovercomes the world:; and this is the victory that hathovercomes overcome the world even our faith |
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AndWho who is heit that overcomethovercomes the world but he thatwho believethbelieves that Jesus is the Son of God |
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This is he thatwho came by water and blood even Jesus Christ; not with the water only but with the water and with the blood |
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And it is the Spirit thatis beareththe witness because the Spirit is the truth |
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ForThere there are three whowitnesses bear witness the Spirit and the water and the blood:; and thethese three agree in one |
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If we receive the witnesstestimony of men the witnesstestimony of God is greater:; for this is the witnesstestimony of God is this that he hathhas borne witness concerningto his Son |
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He thatwho believethbelieves onin the Son of God hathhas the witnesstestimony in him:himself heHe thatwho believethdoes not believe God hathhas made him a liar; because he hathhas not believed in the witnesstestimony that God hathhas borne concerningto his Son |
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And thethis witness is thisthe testimony that God gave unto us eternal life and this life is in his Son |
| 5:12 |
He thatwho hathhas the Son hathhas the life; he thatwho hathhas not the Son of God hathhas not the life |
| 5:13 |
TheseI thingswrite havethis Ito written unto you thatwho yebelieve mayin knowthe thatname yeof havethe eternalSon lifeof evenGod untothat you thatmay believeknow onthat theyou namehave ofeternal thelife Son of God |
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And this is the boldnessconfidence which we have towardin him that if we ask anything according to his will he hearethhears us: |
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andAnd if we know that he hearethhears us whatsoeverin whatever we ask we know that we have obtained the petitionsrequests whichmade we have asked of him |
| 5:16 |
If any manone seesees his brother sinningcommitting awhat sinis not untoa deathmortal sin he shallwill ask and God will give him life for themthose thatwhose sin is not untomortal death There is a sin untowhich death:is notmortal; concerningI this do Inot say that heone shouldis maketo requestpray for that |
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All unrighteousnesswrongdoing is sin: andbut there is a sin which is not unto deathmortal |
| 5:18 |
We know that whosoeverany isone begottenborn of God sinnethdoes not; sin but heHe thatwho was begottenborn of God keepethkeeps himselfhim and the evil one touchethdoes him not touch him |
| 5:19 |
We know that we are of God and the whole world liethis in the power of the evil one |
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And we know that the Son of God ishas come and hathhas given us an understanding thatto we know him thatwho is true; and we are in him thatwho is true even in his Son Jesus Christ This is the true God and eternal life |
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MyLittle little children guardkeep yourselves from idols |