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Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, equip yourselves also with the same resolve—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin—

If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.

casting all your care on Him, because He cares about you.

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 desires.

Therefore, brothers, make every effort to confirm your calling and election, because if you do these things you will never stumble.

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

as you wait for and earnestly desire the coming of the day of God. The heavens will be on fire and be dissolved because of it, and the elements will melt with the heat.

Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he's going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven because of Jesus' name.

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have had victory over the evil one.

I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, God's word remains in you, and you have had victory over the evil one.

I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because His seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God.

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.

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

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.