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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today we read the three epistles of

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St. John, 1 John chapters 1 through 5, as well

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as his second and third epistles. 1 John chapter

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1 That which was from the beginning, which we

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have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,

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which we have looked upon, and our hands have

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handled, concerning the word of life. The life

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was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness

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and declare to you that eternal life which was

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with the Father and was manifested to us, that

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which we have seen and heard we declare to you,

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that you also may have fellowship with us, and

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truly our fellowship is with the Father and with

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his Son Jesus Christ, and these things we write

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to you that your joy may be full. This is the

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message which we have heard from him and declare

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to you. that God is light and in him is no darkness

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at all. If we say that we have fellowship with

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him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice

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the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he

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is in the light, we have fellowship with one

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another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son

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cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have

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no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is

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not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful

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and just. to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse

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us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we

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have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his

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word is not in us. Chapter 2 My little children,

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these things I write to you, so that you may

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not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate

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with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,

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and he himself is the propitiation for our sins,

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and not for ours only, but also for the whole

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world. Now by this we know that we know him,

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if we keep his commandments. He who says, I know

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him, and does not keep his commandments, is a

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liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever

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keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected

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in him. By this we know that we are in him. He

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who says, he abides in him, ought himself also

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to walk just as he walked. Brethren, I write

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no new commandment to you. but an old commandment

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which you have had from the beginning. The old

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commandment is the word which you heard from

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the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write

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to you, which thing is true in him and in you,

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because the darkness is passing away and the

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true light is already shining. He who says he

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is in the light and hates his brother is in darkness

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until now. He who loves his brother abides in

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the light and there is no cause for stumbling

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in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness

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and walks in darkness, and does not know where

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he is going, because the darkness has blinded

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his eyes. I write to you, little children, because

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your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

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I write to you, fathers, because you have known

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him who is from the beginning. I write to you,

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young men, because you have overcome the wicked

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one. I write to you, little children, because

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you have known the father. I have written to

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you, fathers, because you have known him who

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is from the beginning. I have written to you,

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young men, because you are strong and the word

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of God abides in you, and you have overcome the

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wicked one. Do not love the world or the things

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in the world. If anyone loves the world, the

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love of the Father is not in him. For all that

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is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust

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of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of

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the Father but is of the world. And the world

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is passing away and the lust of it. But he who

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does the will of God abides forever. Little children,

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it is the last hour. And as you have heard that

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the Antichrist is coming, even now many Antichrists

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have come, by which we know that it is the last

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hour. They went out from us, but they were not

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of us. For if they had been of us, they would

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have continued with us. But they went out that

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they might be made manifest, that none of them

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were of us. But you have an anointing from the

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Holy One, and you know all things. I have not

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written to you because you do not know the truth,

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but because you know it, and that no lie is of

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the truth. Who is a liar but he who denies that

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Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist who denies

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the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son

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does not have the Father either. He who acknowledges

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the Son has the Father also. Therefore, let that

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abide in you which you heard from the beginning.

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If what you heard from the beginning abides in

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you, you also will abide in the Son and in the

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Father. And this is the promise that He has promised

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us eternal life. These things I have written

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to you concerning those who try to deceive you.

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But the anointing which you have received from

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Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone

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teach you. But as the same anointing teaches

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you concerning all things and is true and is

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not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you

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will abide in him. And now, little children,

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abide in him, that when he appears, we may have

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confidence and not be ashamed before him at his

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coming. If you know that he is righteous, you

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know that everyone who practices righteousness

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is born of him. Chapter 3 Behold what manner

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of love the Father has bestowed on us. that we

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should be called children of god therefore the

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world does not know us because it did not know

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him beloved now we are children of god and it

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has not yet been revealed what we shall be but

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we know that when he is revealed we shall be

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like him for we shall see him as he is and everyone

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who has this hope in him purifies himself just

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as he is pure whoever commits sin also commits

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lawlessness And sin is lawlessness. And you know

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that he was manifested to take away our sins.

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And in him there is no sin. Whoever abides in

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him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen

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him nor known him. Little children, let no one

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deceive you. He who practices righteousness is

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righteous, just as he is righteous. He who sins

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is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from

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the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God

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was manifested, that he might destroy the works

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of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does

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not sin, for his seed remains in him, and he

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cannot sin because he has been born of God. In

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this the children of God and the children of

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the devil are manifest. Whoever does not practice

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righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does

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not love his brother. For this is the message

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that you heard from the beginning, that we should

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love one another. Not as Cain, who was of the

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wicked one, and murdered his brother. And why

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did he murder him? Because his works were evil

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and his brothers righteous. Do not marvel, my

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brethren, if the world hates you. We know that

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we have passed from death to life, because we

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love the brethren. He who does not love his brother

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abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is

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a murderer, and you know that no murderer has

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eternal life abiding in him. By this we know

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love, because he laid down his life for us, and

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we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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But whoever has this world's goods, and sees

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his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from

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him, how does the love of God abide in him? My

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little children, let us not love in word or in

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tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this

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we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure

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our hearts before him. For if our heart condemns

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us, God is greater than our heart and knows all

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things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn

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us, we have confidence toward God, and whatever

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we ask we receive from him, because we keep his

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commandments and do those things that are pleasing

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in his sight. And this is his commandment, that

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we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus

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Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

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Now he who keeps his commandments abides in him,

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and he in him. and by this we know that he abides

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in us by the spirit whom he has given us chapter

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four beloved do not believe every spirit but

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test the spirits whether they are of god because

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many false prophets have gone out into the world

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by this you know the spirit of god Every spirit

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that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in

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the flesh is of God. And every spirit that does

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not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the

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flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of

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the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming

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and is now already in the world. You are of God,

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little children, and have overcome them, because

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he who is in you is greater than he who is in

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the world. They are of the world, therefore they

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speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

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We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He

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who is not of God does not hear us. By this we

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know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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Beloved, let us love one another, for love is

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of God. And everyone who loves is born of God

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and knows God. He who does not love does not

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know God, for God is love. In this the love of

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God was manifested toward us, that God has sent

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his only begotten Son into the world, that we

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might live through him. And this is love, not

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that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent

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His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to

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love one another. No one has seen God at any

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time. If we love one another, God abides in us,

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and His love has been perfected in us. By this

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we know that we abide in Him, and He in us. because

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he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen

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and testified that the Father has sent the Son

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as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that

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Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and

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he in God. And we have known and believed the

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love that God has for us. God is love, and he

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who abides in love abides in God, and God in

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him. Love has been perfected among us in this,

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that we may have boldness in the day of judgment,

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because as he is, so are we in this world. There

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is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out

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fear, because fear involves torment. But he who

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fears has not been made perfect in love. We love

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him because he first loved us. If someone says,

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I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar.

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For he who does not love his brother whom he

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has seen, how can he love God whom he has not

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seen? And this commandment we have from him,

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that he who loves God must love his brother also.

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Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is

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born of God, and everyone who loves him who begot

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also loves him who is begotten of him. By this

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we know that we love the children of God, when

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we love God and keep His commandments. For this

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is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.

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And His commandments are not burdensome. For

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whatever is born of God overcomes the world.

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And this is the victory that has overcome the

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world, our faith. Who is He who overcomes the

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world, but He who believes that Jesus is the

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Son of God? This is He who came by water and

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blood, Jesus Christ. Not only by water, but by

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water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears

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witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there

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are three that bear witness in heaven, the Father,

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the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these three

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are one. And there are three that bear witness

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on earth, the Spirit, the water, and the blood.

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And these three agree as one. If we receive the

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witness of men, the witness of God is greater.

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For this is the witness of God, which He has

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testified of His Son. He who believes in the

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Son of God has the witness in himself. He who

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does not believe God has made him a liar because

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he has not believed the testimony that God has

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given of his Son. And this is the testimony that

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God has given us eternal life and this life is

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in his Son. He who has the Son has life. He who

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does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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These things I have written to you who believe

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in the name of the Son of God, that you may know

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that you have eternal life, and that you may

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continue to believe in the name of the Son of

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God. Now this is the confidence that we have

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in Him, that if we ask anything according to

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His will, He hears us. And if we know that He

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hears us whatever we ask, we know that we have

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the petitions that we have asked of Him. If anyone

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sees his brother sinning a sin which does not

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lead to death, He will ask, and He will give

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him life for those who commit sin not leading

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to death. There is sin leading to death. I do

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not say that you should pray about that. All

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unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not

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leading to death. We know that whoever is born

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of God does not sin, but he who has been born

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of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does

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not touch him. We know that we are of God, and

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the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked

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one. And we know that the Son of God has come

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and has given us an understanding, that we may

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know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is

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true, in His Son, Jesus Christ. This is the true

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God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves

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from idols. Ameen. The second epistle of St.

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John. The elder, to the elect lady and her children,

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whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also

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all those who have known the truth, because of

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the truth which abides in us and will be with

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us forever. Grace, mercy, and peace will be with

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you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus

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Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of

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your children walking in truth, as we received

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commandment from the Father. And now I plead

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with you, Lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment

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to you, but that which we have had from the beginning.

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that we love one another. This is love, that

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we walk according to his commandments. This is

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the commandment that as you have heard from the

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beginning, you should walk in it. For many deceivers

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have gone out into the world who do not confess

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Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is

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a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves

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that we do not lose those things we worked for,

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but that we may receive a full reward. Whoever

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transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine

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of Christ does not have God. He who abides in

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the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and

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the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not

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bring this doctrine, do not receive him into

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your house nor greet him, for he who greets him

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shares in his evil deeds. Having many things

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to write to you, I did not wish to do so with

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paper and ink, but I hope to come to you and

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speak face to face that our joy may be full.

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the children of your elect sister greet you amen

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the third epistle of st john the elder to the

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beloved gaius whom i love in truth beloved i

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pray that you may prosper in all things and be

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in health just as your soul prospers for i rejoiced

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greatly when brethren came and testified of the

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truth that is in you just as you walk in the

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truth I have no greater joy than to hear that

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my children walk in truth. Beloved, you do faithfully

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whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers,

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who have borne witness of your love before the

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church. If you send them forward on their journey

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in a manner worthy of God, you will do well.

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Because they went forth for his name's sake,

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taking nothing from the Gentiles. We therefore

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ought to receive such that we may become fellow

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workers for the truth. I wrote to the church,

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but Diotrephus, who loves to have the preeminence

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among them, does not receive us. Therefore, if

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I come, I will call to mind his deeds, which

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he does, prating against us with malicious words.

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And not content with that, he himself does not

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receive the brethren, and forbids those who wish

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to, putting them out of the church. Beloved,

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do not imitate what is evil, but what is good.

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He who does good is of God, but he who does evil

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has not seen God. Demetrius has a good testimony

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from all, and from the truth itself. And we also

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bear witness, and you know that our testimony

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is true. I had many things to write, but I do

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not wish to write to you with pen and ink. But

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I hope to see you shortly, and we shall speak

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face to face. Peace to you. Our friends greet

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you. Greet the friends by name. and I look forward

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to seeing you again tomorrow to continue on our

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journey. God bless you and have a great day.