1 John 1:5-10
"This is the message we have heard from Him
and announce to you, that God is Light, and
in Him there is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with Him and
yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice
the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself
is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves
and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar
and His word is not in us."
1 John 2:1-3, 15-17, 25
"My little children, I am writing these things to you
so that you may not sin.
And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the
propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only,
but also for those of the whole world.
By this we know that we have come to know Him,
if we keep His commandments...
...Do not love the world nor the things in the world.
If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and
the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life,
is not from the Father, but is from the world.
The world is passing away, and also its lusts;
but the one who does the will of God lives forever...
... This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life."
1 John 3:1-3,13-18
"See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us,
that we would be called children of God; and such we are.
For this reason the world does not know us, because
it did not know Him.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared
as yet what we will be.
We know that when He appears, we will be like Him,
because we will see Him just as He is.
And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself,
just as He is pure...
...Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed out of death into life,
because we love the brethren.
He who does not love abides in death.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer;
and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us;
and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother
in need and closes his heart against him, how does
the love of God abide in him?
Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue,
but in deed and truth."
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