Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 1 John 3:2
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Continue ReadingSee how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him. 1 John 3:1
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Continue ReadingSo you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. 1 John 2:24
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Continue ReadingDo not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 1 John 2:15
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Continue ReadingIf anyone claims, "I am living in the light," but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness. 1 John 2:9
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Continue ReadingIf someone claims, "I know God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. 1 John 2:4
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Continue ReadingAnd we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 1 John 2:3
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Continue ReadingMy dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins...
Continue ReadingBut if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts. 1 John 1:9-10
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