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- Dearely beloued, beleeue not euery spirit, but trie the spirits whether they are of God: for many false prophets are gone out into this worlde.
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- Hereby shall ye know the Spirit of God, Euery spirit which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God.
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- And euery spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: but this is the spirit of Antichrist, of whome ye haue heard, how that he should come, and nowe already he is in this world.
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- Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in this world.
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- They are of this worlde, therefore speake they of this world, and this world heareth them.
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- We are of God, he that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not.
Heereby knowe wee the spirit of trueth, and the spirit of errour.
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- Beloued, let vs loue one another: for loue commeth of God, & euery one that loueth, is borne of God, and knoweth God.
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- Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue.
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- Herein was that loue of God made manifest amongst vs, because God sent that his onely begotten sonne into this world, that we might liue through him.
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- Herein is that loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes.
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- Beloued, if God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another.
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- No man hath seene God at any time.
If we loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfect in vs.
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- Hereby know we, that we dwell in him, & he in vs: because he hath giuen vs of his Spirit.
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- And we haue seene, & doe testifie, that the Father sent that Sonne to be ye Sauiour of the world.
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- Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sone of God, in him dwelleth God, & he in God.
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- And we haue knowen, & beleeued ye loue that God hath in vs.
God is loue, and he that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, & God in him.
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- Herein is that loue perfect in vs, that we should haue boldnes in the day of iudgement: for as he is, euen so are we in this world.
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- There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: for feare hath painefulnesse: and he that feareth, is not perfect in loue.
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- We loue him, because he loued vs first.
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- If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?
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- And this comandemet haue we of him, that he that loueth God, should loue his brother also.
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