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Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,

By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.

And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure.

so that you recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.

Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.

what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins, and there is no sin in him.

God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.

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

There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears is not complete in love.

I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one—that is, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

So now I ask you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Watch yourselves so you don’t lose what we have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.

Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

Therefore, we ought to support such people so that we can be coworkers with the truth.