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Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word that you have heard.
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Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is true in him and in you, because 1 the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
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Whoever says, "I am in the light," while hating a brother or sister, 2 is still in the darkness.
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Whoever loves a brother or sister 3 lives in the light, and in such a person 4 there is no cause for stumbling.
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But whoever hates another believer 5 is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.
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I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins are 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 people,
because you have conquered the evil one.
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I write to you, 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 people,
because you are strong
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.