1 John 2:1-12
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1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
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2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
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4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
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6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
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10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.