2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for1 2:2 Or He is the one who turns aside God's wrath, taking away our sins, and not only ours but also the sins of the whole world. |
3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. ... |
12 I write to you, dear children,
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
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13 I write to you, fathers,
because you have known him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, dear children,
because you have known the Father.
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14 I write to you, fathers,
because you have known 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. |
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. |
16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. |
17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. |
