1John 2:16 - Prayer Tents

2My 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.G3450G5040G5023G1125G5213G3363G264G3363G2532G1437G5100G264G2192G3875G4314G3962G2424G5547G13422He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.G2532G846G2076G2434G4012G2257G266G1161G3756G4012G2251G3440G235G2532G4012G3650G28893And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G1097G846G1437G5083G846G17854If someone claims, "I know God," but doesn't obey God's commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.G3004G1097G846G2532G5083G3361G846G1785G2076G5583G2532G225G2076G3756G1722G51295But those who obey God's word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.G1161G3739G302G5083G846G3056G1722G5129G230G5048G26G2316G5048G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1722G8466Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.G3004G3306G1722G846G3784G846G2532G3779G4043G2531G1565G4043

A New Commandment

7Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.G80G1125G3756G2537G1785G5213G235G3820G1785G3739G2192G575G746G3820G1785G2076G3056G3739G191G575G7468Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.G3825G2537G1785G1125G5213G3739G2076G227G1722G846G2532G1722G5213G3754G4653G3855G2532G228G5457G2235G53169If anyone claims, "I am living in the light," but hates a Christian brother or sister

, that person is still living in darkness.G3004G1511G1722G5457G2532G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2193G73710Anyone who loves another brother or sister

is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.G25G846G80G3306G1722G5457G2532G2076G3756G4625G1722G84611But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.G1161G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2532G4043G1722G4653G2532G1492G3756G4226G5217G3754G4653G5186G846G378812I am writing to you who are God's children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus

.G1125G5213G5040G3754G266G863G5213G1223G846G3686G122313I am writing to you who are mature in the faith

because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I am writing to you who are young in the faith because you have won your battle with the evil one.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G3528G4190G1125G5213G3813G3754G1097G396214I have written to you who are God's children because you know the Father. I have written to you who are mature in the faith because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning. I have written to you who are young in the faith because you are strong. God's word lives in your hearts, and you have won your battle with the evil one.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G2075G2478G2532G3056G2316G3306G1722G5213G2532G3528G4190

Do Not Love This World

15Do 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.G25G3361G2889G3366G1722G2889G1437G5100G25G2889G26G3962G2076G3756G1722G84616For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.G3754G3956G1722G2889G1939G4561G2532G1939G3788G2532G212G979G2076G3756G1537G3962G235G2076G1537G288917And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.G2532G2889G3855G2532G1939G846G1161G4160G2307G2316G3306G1519G165

Warning about Antichrists

18Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come.G3813G2076G2078G5610G2532G2531G191G3754G500G2064G2532G3568G1096G4183G500G3606G1097G3754G2076G2078G561019These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.G1831G1537G2257G235G2258G3756G1537G2257G1063G1487G2258G1537G2257G302G3306G3326G2257G235G2443G5319G3754G1526G3756G3956G1537G225720But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit

, and all of you know the truth.G2532G5210G2192G5545G575G40G2532G1492G395621So I am writing to you not because you don't know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.G1125G3756G1125G5213G3754G1492G3756G225G235G3754G1492G846G2532G3754G3956G3756G5579G2076G1537G22522And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ

. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.G5101G2076G5583G1508G720G3754G2424G2076G3756G5547G3778G2076G500G720G3962G2532G520723Anyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.G3956G720G5207G2192G3761G3962G3670G5207G2192G3962G253224So 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.G3306G3767G3306G1722G5213G3739G5210G191G575G746G1437G3739G191G575G746G3306G1722G5213G5210G2532G3306G1722G5207G2532G1722G396225And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.G2532G3778G2076G1860G3739G846G1861G2254G166G222226I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.G5023G1125G5213G4012G4105G520927But you have received the Holy Spirit

, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.G2532G5545G3739G5210G2983G575G846G3306G1722G5213G2532G5532G2192G3756G2443G5100G1321G5209G235G5613G846G5545G1321G5209G4012G3956G2532G2076G227G2532G2076G3756G5579G2532G2531G1321G5209G3306G1722G846

Living as Children of God

28And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.G2532G3568G5040G3306G1722G846G2443G3752G5319G2192G3954G2532G3361G153G575G846G1722G846G395229Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God's children.G1437G1492G3754G2076G1342G1097G3754G3956G4160G1343G1080G1537G846