38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized,(A) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.(B) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(C)

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Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

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In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:(A)

Who, being in very nature[a] God,(B)
    did not consider equality with God(C) something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing(D)
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,(E)
    being made in human likeness.(F)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(G)
        even death on a cross!(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:6 Or in the form of
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

15 For we do not have a high priest(A) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(B)—yet he did not sin.(C)

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Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(A) In his great mercy(B) he has given us new birth(C) into a living hope(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(E) and into an inheritance(F) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(G) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(H) who through faith are shielded by God’s power(I) until the coming of the salvation(J) that is ready to be revealed(K) in the last time.

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My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)

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10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(A) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(B)

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In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(A) And his commands are not burdensome,(B) for everyone born of God(C) overcomes(D) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(E)

This is the one who came by water and blood(F)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(G) For there are three(H) that testify: the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony,(I) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(J) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(K) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(L) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(M) and this life is in his Son.(N) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(O)

Concluding Affirmations

13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(P) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(Q) 14 This is the confidence(R) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(S) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(T) that we have what we asked of him.(U)

16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(V) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(W) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(X) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(Y) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(Z)

18 We know that anyone born of God(AA) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(AB) cannot harm them.(AC) 19 We know that we are children of God,(AD) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(AE) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(AF) and has given us understanding,(AG) so that we may know him who is true.(AH) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(AI)

21 Dear children,(AJ) keep yourselves from idols.(AK)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)

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