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2 : 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin,we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 : 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only butalso for the sins of the whole world.
2 : 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if wekeep his commandments.
2 : 4 Whoever saysI know himbut does not keep his commandmentsis a liar, andthe truth is not in him,
2 : 5 but whoeverkeeps his word, in him trulythe love of God is perfected.By this we may know that we are in him:
2 : 6 whoever says heabides in himought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
2 : 7 Beloved, I am writing youno new commandment, butan old commandmentthat you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
2 : 8 At the same time, it isa new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, becausethe darkness is passing away andthe true light is already shining.
2 : 9 Whoever says he is in the light andhates his brother is still in darkness.
2 : 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in himthere is nocause for stumbling.
2 : 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness andwalks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
2 : 12 I am writing to you, little children,becauseyour sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
2 : 13 I am writing to you, fathers,because you knowhim who is from the beginning.I am writing to you, young men,becauseyou have overcome the evil one.I write to you, children,becauseyou know the Father.
2 : 14 I write to you, fathers,because you knowhim who is from the beginning.I write to you, young men,becauseyou are strong,and the word of God abides in you,and you have overcome the evil one.
2 : 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world.If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
2 : 16 For all that is in the world&emdash;the desires of the flesh andthe desires of the eyes and pride of life&emdash;is not from the Father but is from the world.
2 : 17 Andthe world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
2 : 18 Children,it is the last hour, and as you have heard thatantichrist is coming, so nowmany antichrists have come.Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
2 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; forif they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out,that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
2 : 20 But you have beenanointed bythe Holy One, andyou all have knowledge.
2 : 21 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.
2 : 22 Who is the liar buthe who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This isthe antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
2 : 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
2 : 24 Letwhat you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, thenyou too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
2 : 25 And this is the promise that he made to us&emdash;eternal life.
2 : 26 I write these things to you aboutthose who are trying to deceive you.
2 : 27 Butthe anointing that you received from him abides in you, andyou have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, andis true, and is no lie&emdash;just as it has taught you, abide in him.
2 : 28 And now, little children, abide in him, so thatwhen he appearswe may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at hiscoming.
2 : 29 If you know thathe is righteous, you may be sure thateveryone who practices righteousness has been born of him.