1 John 2:12-14

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Reasons for Writing

¹²I am writing to you, dear children,^(A)
    because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.^(B)
¹³I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.^(C)
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome^(D) the evil one.^(E)

¹⁴I write to you, dear children,^(F)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.^(G)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,^(H)
    and the word of God^(I) lives in you,^(J)
    and you have overcome the evil one.^(K)

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1 John 2:18-19

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Warnings Against Denying the Son

¹⁸Dear children, this is the last hour;^(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,^(B) even now many antichrists have come.^(C) This is how we know it is the last hour. ¹⁹They went out from us,^(D) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.^(E)