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27 Depart from evil, and do good;
    so you shall abide forever.(A)

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27 Turn from evil and do good;(A)
    then you will dwell in the land forever.(B)

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Children of God

29 If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.(A)

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29 If you know that he is righteous,(A) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(B)

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No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him.

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No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(A) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(B) or known him.(C)

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Those who have been born of God do not sin because God’s seed abides in them;[a] they cannot sin because they have been born of God.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.9 Or because the children of God abide in him

No one who is born of God(A) will continue to sin,(B) because God’s seed(C) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.

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