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14 I write to you, children,
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young people,
    because you are strong
    and the word of God abides in you,
        and you have overcome the evil one.(A)

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11 I treasure your word in my heart,
    so that I may not sin against you.(A)

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13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young people,
    because you have conquered the evil one.

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16 Let the word of Christ[a] dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.16 Other ancient authorities read of God or of the Lord
  2. 3.16 Other ancient authorities read to the Lord

If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(A)

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The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power;

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True Disciples

31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples,

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38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent.(A)

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Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.(A)

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For I was overjoyed when some brothers and sisters arrived and testified to your faithfulness to the truth, how you walk in the truth.(A)

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because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:

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10 This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.(A)

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A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

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11 May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, so that you may have all endurance and patience, joyfully(A)

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13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.(A)

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I also know that you are enduring and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you have not grown weary.(A)

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10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.(A)

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