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

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

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from 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 it might become plain that they all are not of us.

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.

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

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

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

So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot 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 everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.