The Test of Knowing Christ
2My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.G34502And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.G2532G846G2076G2434G4012G2257G266G1161G3756G4012G2251G3440G235G2532G4012G3650G2889 G1722G5129G1097G3754G1097G846G1437G5083G846G1785
The Test of Knowing Him
3Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.G25324He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.G3004G1097G846G2532G5083G3361G846G1785G2076G5583G2532G225G2076G3756G1722G5129
5But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.G1161G3739G302G5083G846G3056G1722G5129G230G5048G26G2316G5048G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1722G846
6He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.G3004G3306G1722G846G3784G846G2532G3779G4043G2531G1565G4043
7Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.G80G1125G3756G2537G1785G5213G235G3820G1785G3739G2192G575G746G3820G1785G2076G3056G3739G191G575G746
8Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.G3825G2537G1785G1125G5213G3739G2076G227G1722G846G2532G1722G5213G3754G4653G3855G2532G228G5457G2235G5316
9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.G3004G1511G1722G5457G2532G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2193G737
10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.G25G846G80G3306G1722G5457G2532G2076G3756G4625G1722G846
11But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.G1161G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2532G4043G1722G4653G2532G1492G3756G4226G5217G3754G4653G5186G846G3788 G5213G5040G3754G266G863G5213G1223G846G3686G1223
Their Spiritual State
12I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.G112513I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G3528G4190G1125G5213G3813G3754G1097G3962
14I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G2075G2478G2532G3056G2316G3306G1722G5213G2532G3528G4190 G3361G2889G3366G1722G2889G1437G5100G25G2889G26G3962G2076G3756G1722G846
Do Not Love the World
15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.G2516For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.G3754G3956G1722G2889G1939G4561G2532G1939G3788G2532G212G979G2076G3756G1537G3962G235G2076G1537G2889
17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.G2532G2889G3855G2532G1939G846G1161G4160G2307G2316G3306G1519G165 G2076G2078G5610G2532G2531G191G3754G500G2064G2532G3568G1096G4183G500G3606G1097G3754G2076G2078G5610
Deceptions of the Last Hour
18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.G381319They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.G1831G1537G2257G235G2258G3756G1537G2257G1063G1487G2258G1537G2257G302G3306G3326G2257G235G2443G5319G3754G1526G3756G3956G1537G2257
20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.G2532G5210G2192G5545G575G40G2532G1492G3956
21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.G1125G3756G1125G5213G3754G1492G3756G225G235G3754G1492G846G2532G3754G3956G3756G5579G2076G1537G225
22Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.G5101G2076G5583G1508G720G3754G2424G2076G3756G5547G3778G2076G500G720G3962G2532G5207
23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.G3956G720G5207G2192G3761G3962G3670G5207G2192G3962G2532 G3767G3306G1722G5213G3739G5210G191G575G746G1437G3739G191G575G746G3306G1722G5213G5210G2532G3306G1722G5207G2532G1722G3962
Let Truth Abide in You
24Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.G330625And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.G2532G3778G2076G1860G3739G846G1861G2254G166G2222
26These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.G5023G1125G5213G4012G4105G5209
27But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.G2532G5545G3739G5210G2983G575G846G3306G1722G5213G2532G5532G2192G3756G2443G5100G1321G5209G235G5613G846G5545G1321G5209G4012G3956G2532G2076G227G2532G2076G3756G5579G2532G2531G1321G5209G3306G1722G846 G3568G5040G3306G1722G846G2443G3752G5319G2192G3954G2532G3361G153G575G846G1722G846G3952
New Testament
The Children of God
28And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.G253229If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.G1437G1492G3754G2076G1342G1097G3754G3956G4160G1343G1080G1537G846
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