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But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish;

and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light, and in such a person there is no cause for stumbling.

for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.

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. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.

Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

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

We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.

whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, 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 conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Whoever 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 atoning sacrifice for our sins.

So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.

Those who say, "I love God," and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.

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