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Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
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Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
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Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister 1 is still in the darkness.
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Anyone who loves their brother and sister 2 lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
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But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
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I am writing to you, dear children,
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
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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.
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I write to you, dear children,
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God lives in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.