1 John 1 - 5
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a That which was b from the beginning, c which we have heard, d which we have seen with our eyes, e which we looked upon and f have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
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g the life h was made manifest, and we have seen it, and i testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, a which was with the Father and h was made manifest to us -
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c that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed j our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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And we are writing these things so k that our joy may be complete.
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l This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that m God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
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n If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and o do not practice the truth.
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But p if we walk in the light, q as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and r the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
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s If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and t the truth is not in us.
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u If we confess our sins, he is v faithful and just to forgive us our sins and r to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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If we say we have not sinned, w we make him a liar, and x his word is not in us.
1 John 2
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My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, y we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
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z He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but a also for the sins of the whole world.
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And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we b keep his commandments.
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Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments c is a liar, and c the truth is not in him,
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but whoever d keeps his word, in him truly e the love of God is perfected. f By this we may know that we are in him:
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whoever says he g abides in him h ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
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Beloved, I am writing you i no new commandment, but j an old commandment k that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
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At the same time, it is l a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because m the darkness is passing away and n the true light is already shining.
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Whoever says he is in the light and o hates his brother is still in darkness.
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Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no p cause for stumbling.
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But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and q walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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I am writing to you, little children,
because r your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
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I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know s him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because t you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because u you know the Father.
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I write to you, fathers,
because you know s him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because t you are strong,
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.
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v Do not love the world or the things in the world. w If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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For all that is in the world - x the desires of the flesh and y the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions - is not from the Father but is from the world.
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And z the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Children, a it is the last hour, and as you have heard that b antichrist is coming, so now c many antichrists have come. d Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
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e They went out from us, but they were not of us; for f if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, g that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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But you have been h anointed by i the Holy One, and j you all have knowledge.
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I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
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Who is the liar but k he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is b the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
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l No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
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Let m what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then n you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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And this is the promise that he made to us - o eternal life.
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I write these things to you about p those who are trying to deceive you.
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But q the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and r you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and s is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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And now, little children, abide in him, so that t when he appears u we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his v coming.
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If you know that w he is righteous, you may be sure that x everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
1 John 3
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See y what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called z children of God; and so we are. The reason why a the world does not know us is that b it did not know him.
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Beloved, we are z God's children c now, and what we will be d has not yet appeared; but we know that e when he appears f we shall be like him, because g we shall see him as he is.
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And everyone who h thus hopes in him i purifies himself as he is pure.
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Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; j sin is lawlessness.
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You know that k he appeared to l take away sins, and m in him there is no sin.
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No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; n no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.
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Little children, o let no one deceive you. p Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
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q Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was r to destroy the works of the devil.
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s No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
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By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, t nor is the one who u does not love his brother.
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For v this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, w that we should love one another.
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We should not be like x Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? y Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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Do not be surprised, brothers, z that the world hates you.
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We know that a we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
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b Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that c no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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By this we know love, that d he laid down his life for us, and e we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
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But f if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet g closes his heart against him, h how does God's love abide in him?
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Little children, let us not i love in word or talk but in deed and j in truth.
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By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;
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for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.
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Beloved, k if our heart does not condemn us, l we have confidence before God;
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and m whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and n do what pleases him.
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And this is his commandment, o that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and p love one another, q just as he has commanded us.
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r Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And s by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
1 John 4
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Beloved, t do not believe every spirit, but u test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for v many w false prophets x have gone out into the world.
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By this you know the Spirit of God: y every spirit that confesses that z Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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and every spirit a that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and b now is in the world already.
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Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for c he who is in you is greater than d he who is in the world.
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e They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and f the world listens to them.
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We are from God. g Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know h the Spirit of truth and i the spirit of error.
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Beloved, j let us love one another, for love is from God, and k whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
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l Anyone who does not love does not know God, because m God is love.
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In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that n God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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In this is love, o not that we have loved God n but that he loved us and sent his Son to be p the propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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q No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and r his love is perfected in us.
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s By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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And t we have seen and testify that u the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of v the world.
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w Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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So x we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. y God is love, and z whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
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By this a is love perfected with us, so that b we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because c as he is so also are we in this world.
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There is no fear in love, but d perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not a been perfected in love.
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e We love because he first loved us.
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f If anyone says, "I love God," and g hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God h whom he has not seen.
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And i this commandment we have from him: j whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 5
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k Everyone who believes that l Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and m everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
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n By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
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For o this is the love of God, that we p keep his commandments. And q his commandments are not burdensome.
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For r everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - s our faith.
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Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes t that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is he who came u by water and blood - Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And v the Spirit is the one who testifies, because w the Spirit is the truth.
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For there are three that testify:
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the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
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x If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God y that he has borne concerning his Son.
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Whoever believes in the Son of God z has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God a has made him a liar, b because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.
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And this is the testimony, that God gave us c eternal life, and d this life is in his Son.
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e Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
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I write f these things to you who g believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
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And this is h the confidence that we have toward him, that i if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
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And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
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If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and j God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. k There is sin that leads to death; l I do not say that one should pray for that.
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m All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
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We know that n everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but o he who was born of God p protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
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We know that we are from God, and q the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
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And we know that the Son of God has come and r has given us understanding, so that we may know s him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and t eternal life.
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Little children, u keep yourselves from idols.
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John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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1 John 2:13 - 14
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
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Acts 4:20
For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.
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John 19:35
He who saw it has borne witness - his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth - that you also may believe.
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1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
2 Peter 1:16
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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Luke 24:39
See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.
John 20:27
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.
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John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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1 John 3:5
You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Romans 16:26
But has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith -
1 Timothy 3:16
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
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1 John 3:5
You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
1 John 3:8
Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
Romans 16:26
But has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith -
1 Timothy 3:16
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
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John 15:27
And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
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1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
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1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
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John 17:21
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 John 2:24
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 16:24
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
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1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
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1 John 2:11
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
John 12:35
So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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John 3:21
But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.
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Isaiah 2:5
O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
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Psalms 104:2
Covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
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Ephesians 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, th...
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who thr...
1 Peter 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, like tha...
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are y...
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to ...
Revelation 12:11
And they have conquered him by the blood of the...
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Job 15:14
What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Jeremiah 2:35
You say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.
James 3:2
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
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1 John 2:4
Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Psalms 51:3
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Proverbs 28:13
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
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Psalms 143:1
Hear my prayer, O Lord ; give ear to my pleas for mercy! In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Romans 3:26
It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
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1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
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1 John 5:10
Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.
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John 5:38
And you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.
John 8:37
I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
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Romans 8:34
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 7:25
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Romans 3:25
Whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18 - 19
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
Colossians 1:20
And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 4:42
They said to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.
John 11:51 - 52
He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.
John 12:32
And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
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John 14:15
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
John 15:10
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
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1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
John 14:23
Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
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1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
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1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
1 John 4:13
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 5:2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
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John 15:4 - 5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
John 15:7
If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
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Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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2 John 1:5
And now I ask you, dear lady - not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning - that we love one another.
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Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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1 John 2:24
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
2 John 1:5 - 6
And now I ask you, dear lady - not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning - that we love one another.
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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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Romans 13:12
The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Ephesians 5:8
For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
1 Thessalonians 5:4 - 5
But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.
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John 1:9
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
John 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
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1 John 4:20
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 3:14 - 15
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
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John 11:10
But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
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1 John 1:6
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
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Luke 24:47
And that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Acts 10:43
To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.
Acts 13:38
Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
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1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
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Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
1 John 5:4 - 5
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
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John 14:7
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
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1 John 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
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1 John 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
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Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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James 4:4
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
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Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
1 Peter 4:2
So as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
2 Peter 2:18
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
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Ecclesiastes 4:8
One person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?
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1 Corinthians 7:31
And those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
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2 Timothy 3:1
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
James 5:3
Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.
2 Peter 3:3
Knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.
Jude 1:18
They said to you, "In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.
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1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:3
And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
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1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Matthew 24:5
For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.
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1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
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Deuteronomy 13:13
That certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known.
Acts 20:30
And from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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John 17:12
While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
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1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
2 Corinthians 1:21
And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us.
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Mark 1:24
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God."
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1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
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1 John 4:3
And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
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1 John 4:15
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
2 John 1:9
Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
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1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
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John 14:23
Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
1 John 1:3
That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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John 17:2
Since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
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1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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1 John 2:20
But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
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Jeremiah 31:34
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Hebrews 8:11
And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.
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John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
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1 John 3:2
Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
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1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
1 John 4:17
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
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1 Thessalonians 2:19
For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?
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1 John 3:7
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
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1 John 3:9
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning,...
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is f...
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ ...
1 John 5:4
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes...
1 John 5:18
We know that everyone who has been born of God ...
3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. ...
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1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
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1 John 4:17
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
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John 16:3
And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 17:25
O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
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1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
Galatians 3:26
For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Ephesians 1:5
He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.
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Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
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1 John 2:28
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
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Romans 8:29
For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:11
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
Philippians 3:21
Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
2 Peter 1:4
By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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John 17:24
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Revelation 22:4
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
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Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
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1 John 5:17
All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
Romans 4:15
For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
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Hebrews 9:26
For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 John 1:2
The life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us -
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Isaiah 53:11 - 12
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
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1 Peter 2:22
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
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1 John 2:4
Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.
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1 John 2:26
I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
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1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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Hebrews 2:14
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil.
Genesis 3:15
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
Luke 10:18
And he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
John 16:11
Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
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1 John 5:18
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
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1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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1 John 4:20 - 21
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
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1 John 1:5
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
1 John 2:24
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
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Genesis 4:4
And Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering.
Genesis 4:8
Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion.
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Psalms 38:20
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
Proverbs 29:10
Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless and seek the life of the upright.
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John 15:18
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 17:14
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
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Matthew 5:21 - 22
"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'
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Galatians 5:21
Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
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John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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Philippians 2:17
Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
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James 2:15 - 16
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food.
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Deuteronomy 15:7
If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.
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1 John 4:20
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
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Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
Ephesians 4:15
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
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2 John 1:1
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth.
3 John 1:1
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth.
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1 Corinthians 4:4
For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
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1 John 5:14
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
Job 11:15
Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be secure and will not fear.
Job 22:26
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
Romans 14:22
The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves.
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Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
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John 8:29
And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
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John 6:29
Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.
Acts 18:8
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
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1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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1 John 2:8
At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
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John 6:56
Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
John 14:20
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
John 15:4 - 5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
John 17:21
That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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1 John 4:13
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
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Jeremiah 29:8
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
But test everything; hold fast what is good.
1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
1 Corinthians 14:29
Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
Revelation 2:2
'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
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1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
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2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
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2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 - 7
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
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Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
John 12:31
Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
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John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
John 8:23
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
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John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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John 8:47
Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.
John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world - to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.
1 Corinthians 14:37
If anyone thinks that he is a prophet, or spiritual, he should acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are a command of the Lord.
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John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
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1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
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1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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1 John 3:10
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
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1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
1 John 1:5
This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
John 4:24
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Romans 5:8
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
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1 John 4:9
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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1 John 2:2
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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1 John 4:20
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
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1 John 2:5
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
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1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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1 John 1:1 - 2
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life -
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John 3:17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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1 John 2:2
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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1 John 5:5
Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Matthew 14:33
And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
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John 6:69
And we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.
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1 John 4:8
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
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1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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1 John 2:5
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
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1 John 2:28
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
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1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
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John 3:18
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!
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1 John 4:17
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
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1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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1 John 2:4
Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:17
But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
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1 John 2:9
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
1 John 2:11
But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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1 John 4:12
No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
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Galatians 6:2
Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
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1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 3:11
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
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John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
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1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
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John 8:42
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
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1 John 2:5
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
1 John 4:13
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
John 14:15
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
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1 John 2:3
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
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Matthew 11:30
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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1 John 3:9
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
1 John 4:4
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
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1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:16
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one.
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1 John 4:15
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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1 John 5:8
The Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
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John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
Acts 5:32
And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
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John 14:17
Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
John 16:13
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
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John 5:34
Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
John 5:36 - 37
But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
John 8:17 - 18
In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.
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Matthew 3:17
And behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
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Romans 8:16
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!
Revelation 12:17
Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
Revelation 19:10
Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God." For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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1 John 1:10
If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
John 3:33
Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
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John 5:38
And you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.
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1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he made to us - eternal life.
1 John 4:9
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
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John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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John 3:15
That whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
John 6:40
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:47
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.
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John 20:31
But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
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John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
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1 John 2:28
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
1 John 3:21
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
1 John 4:17
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
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1 John 3:22
And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
Proverbs 10:24
What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
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Job 42:8
Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has.
James 5:15
And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
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Matthew 12:31 - 32
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Mark 3:29
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Luke 12:10
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Hebrews 6:4 - 6
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 10:26
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
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Jeremiah 7:16
As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I will not hear you.
Jeremiah 14:11
The Lord said to me: "Do not pray for the welfare of this people.
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1 John 3:4
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness.
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1 John 3:9
No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.
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John 1:18
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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John 17:12
While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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Luke 4:6
And said to him, "To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will.
Galatians 1:4
Who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.
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Luke 24:45
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
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John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
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1 John 5:11 - 13
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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1 Corinthians 10:7
Do not be idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
1 Corinthians 10:14
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
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