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- Beholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs, that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god: For this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym.
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- Dearely beloued, nowe are we the sonnes of God, and yet it doth not appeare what we shalbe: But we knowe that when he shall appeare, we shalbe lyke hym, for we shall see hym as he is.
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- And euery man that hath this hope in hym, purgeth hym selfe, euen as he also is pure.
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- Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the lawe: for sinne is the transgression of the lawe.
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- And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes, & in hym is no sinne.
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- As many as byde in hym, sinne not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither knowen hym.
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- Babes, let no man deceaue you: He that doeth righteousnes, is ryghteous, euen as he is righteous.
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- He that committeth sinne, is of the deuyll: for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning.
For this purpose appeared the sonne of God, to loose the workes of the deuyll.
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- Whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: for his seede remayneth in him, and he can not sinne, because he is borne of God.
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- In this are ye children of God knowe, and the chyldren of the deuyll: Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.
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- For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng, that ye shoulde loue one another.
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- Not as Cain, which was of that wicked, and slewe his brother: And wherfore slewe he hym?
Because his owne workes were euyll, and his brothers good.
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- Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.
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- We knowe, that we are translated from death vnto lyfe, because we loue the brethren.
He that loueth not his brother, abideth in death.
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- Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslear: And ye knowe that no manslear, hath eternall life abidyng in hym.
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- Hereby perceaue we loue, because he layde downe his lyfe for vs, & we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren.
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- But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym?
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- My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie.
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- Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym.
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- For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges.
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- Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God.
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- And whatsoeuer we aske, we receaue of hym, because we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght.
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- And this is his comaundement, that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe, and loue one another, as he gaue commaundement.
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- And he that kepeth his commaundementes, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs, euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs.
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