11Whoeverbelieves that Jesus is the Christ is 2born of God, and whoeverloves the Father3loves the child born of Him.
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4By this we know that 5we love the children of God, when we loveGod and observe His commandments.
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For 6this is the love of God, that we 7keep His commandments; and 8His commandments are not burdensome.
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For whatever is 9born of God10overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world -our faith.
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Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who 11believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is the One who came12by water and blood, JesusChrist; not with the wateronly, but with the water and with the blood. It is 13the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
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the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.
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15If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that 16He has testifiedconcerning His Son.
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The one who believes in the Son of God17has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believeGod has 18made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has givenconcerning His Son.
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And the testimony is this, that God has given us 19eternallife, and 20thislife is in His Son.
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21He who has the Sonhas the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
This Is Written That You May Know
1322Thesethings I have written to you who 23believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have24eternallife.
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This is 25the confidencewhich we havebefore Him, that, 26if we askanythingaccording to His will, He hears us.
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And if we know that He hears us in whatever* we ask, 27we know that we have the requestswhich we have asked from Him.
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Ifanyonesees his brothercommitting a sin not leading to death, 28he shall ask and God will for him givelife to those who commitsin not leading to death. 29There is a sin leading to death; 30I do not say that he should makerequest for this.
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31Allunrighteousness is sin, and 32there is a sin not leading to death.
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33We know that 34no*one who is born of Godsins; but He who was born of God35keeps him, and 36the evilone does not 37touch him.
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38We know that 39we are of God, and that 40the wholeworldlies in the power of the evilone.
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And 41we know that 42the Son of Godhascome, and has 43given us understandingso that we may know44Him who is true; and we 45are in Him who is true, in His SonJesusChrist. 46This is the trueGod and 47eternallife.
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48Littlechildren, guardyourselves from 49idols.
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A few late mss add "...in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth, the Spirit"