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And now, little children, remain in him, so that whenever he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.

See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called children of God, and we are! Because of this the world does not know us: because it did not know him.

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

Little children, let no one deceive you: the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as that one is righteous.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are evident: everyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, namely, the one who does not love his brother.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

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.

By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments.

Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

The elder, to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth—and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth—

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

The children of your elect sister greet you.

I have no greater joy than this: that I hear my children are walking in the truth.

And I will kill her children with deadly disease, and all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

And the dragon was angry at the woman, and went away to fight against the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and who hold to the testimony about Jesus.