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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.

For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

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 none of them were of us.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

John 3:16">[xr] Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can [fn] he love God whom he has not seen?

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our [fn] faith.

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which [fn] He has testified of His Son.