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not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And for what reason did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the deeds of his brother were righteous.

We know that we have passed over from death to life because we love the brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what is pleasing in his sight.

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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

There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear includes punishment, and the one who is afraid has not been perfected in love.

We love, because he first loved us.

because everyone who is fathered by God conquers the world. And this is the victory which has conquered the world: our faith.

This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ, not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son.

(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. The one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever.

I was very glad because I found some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

because the one who speaks a greeting to him shares in his evil deeds.

Despite that, in the same way also these men, because of their dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings.

Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who hear the words of the prophecy and observe the things written in it, because the time is near!

I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.