19 We know that we are of God, and (A)the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

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You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than (A)he who is in the world. (B)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and (C)the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. (D)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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(A)who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us (B)from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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whose minds (A)the god of this age (B)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (C)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (D)who is the image of God, should shine on them.

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So (A)the great dragon was cast out, (B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (C)who deceives the whole world; (D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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31 Now is the judgment of this world; now (A)the ruler of this world will be cast out.

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(A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience,

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  1. Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon

11 (A)of judgment, because (B)the ruler of this world is judged.

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20 And we know that the (A)Son of God has come and (B)has given us an understanding, (C)that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. (D)This is the true God (E)and eternal life.

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28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (A)which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [a]sexual immorality, wickedness, [b]covetousness, [c]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 [d]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, [e]unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, (B)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things (C)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also (D)approve of those who practice them.

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  1. Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
  2. Romans 1:29 greed
  3. Romans 1:29 malice
  4. Romans 1:31 without understanding
  5. Romans 1:31 NU omits unforgiving

It was granted to him (A)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And (B)authority was given him over every [a]tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, (C)whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain (D)from the foundation of the world.

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  1. Revelation 13:7 NU, M add and people

13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, [a]and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

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  1. 1 John 5:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.

30 I will no longer talk much with you, (A)for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has (B)nothing in Me.

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Knowing the True—Rejecting the False

18 We know that (A)whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God (B)keeps[a] [b]himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

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  1. 1 John 5:18 guards
  2. 1 John 5:18 NU him

The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error

24 Now (A)he who keeps His commandments (B)abides in Him, and He in him. And (C)by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.

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Assurance of the Resurrection

For we know that if (A)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (B)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body

The World’s Hatred

18 (A)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (C)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

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Satanic Rebellion Crushed(A)

Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out (B)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, (C)Gog and Magog, (D)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

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and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and (A)set a seal on him, (B)so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

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[a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that (A)friendship with the world is enmity with God? (B)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

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  1. James 4:4 NU omits Adulterers and

For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

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16 (A)The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

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All Have Sinned(A)

What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that (B)they are all under sin.

10 As it is written:

(C)“There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
13 “Their(D) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(E)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(F) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their(G) feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There(H) is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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  1. Romans 3:13 grave

10 He who believes in the Son of God (A)has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God (B)has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son.

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14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death.

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  1. 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother

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