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But he that keepeth his word, in him is the love of God truly completed: for by this we know that we are in him.

14 I have written to you, ye little ones, because ye have known the Father. I have written to you, ye fathers, because ye have known him who [fn] from the beginning, I have written to you, ye young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God dwelleth in you, and ye have vanquished the evil one.

17 And the world is passing away, [fn] it and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the pleasure of God, abideth for ever.

And ye also, if the unction which ye have received from him remaineth in you, need not that any one should teach you; but as that unction is from God, it teacheth you all things; and it is true, and no falsehood is in it. And as it hath taught you, remain ye in him.

My beloved, now are we the sons of God; and hitherto, it hath not appeared what we are to be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be in his likeness, and we shall see him as he is.

And he that committeth sin, is of Satan; because Satan was a sinner from the beginning: and for this cause, the Son of God appeared, that he might destroy the works of Satan.

Every one that is born of God, doth not practise sin; because his seed is in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

By this are the children of God discriminated from the children of Satan. Every one that practiseth not righteousness, and that loveth not his brother, is not of God:

But whoever hath worldly possessions, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his bowels from him, how is the love of God in him?

But if our heart condemneth us, how much greater is God than our heart, and knowing all things?

My beloved, if our heart condemneth us not, we have open countenances before God.

My beloved, believe not all spirits; but discriminate among spirits, whether they are of God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

By this the Spirit of God is known, every spirit that confesseth that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh, is of God.

And every spirit which confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh, is not of God; but he is of the false Messiah, of whom ye have heard that he cometh, and now is he already in the world.

But ye children, are of God; and ye have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.

But we are of God; and he that knoweth God, heareth us; and he that is not of God, heareth us not. By this, we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever loveth, is born of God and knoweth God.

Because God is love; and whoever loveth not, doth not know God.

By this was the love of God towards us made known, because God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we by him might live.

In this is love; it was not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.