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Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
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Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.
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Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
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For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Warnings Against Denying the Son
Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
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If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
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Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
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If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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On Denying the Incarnation
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
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God’s Love and Ours
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
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No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
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Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.
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for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
