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I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life. And we are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him. And since we know He hears us when we make our requests, we also know that He will give us what we ask for.

If you see a Christian brother or sister sinning in any way that does not lead to death, you shoul pray, and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you shouldn’t pray for those who commit it. All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death..

We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil on cannot touch them. We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.

And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and He is eternal life.

Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts. (vv. 13-21, NLT)

Dear friends, so do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You. must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknoweldge the truth about Jesus, that person is not form God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won the victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is grater than the spirit that who lives in the world. Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception. (vv. 1-6, NLT)

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves His children, too. We know we love God’s children if we obey His commandments. Loving God means keeping His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. And who can win this battle agains the world? Only those who believe that Christ is the Son of God.

And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by His baptism in the water and by shedding His bloo on the cross – not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with His three witnesses – the Spirit, the water, and the blood – all three agree. Sine we believe in human testimony that comes from Go. And God has testified about His Son. All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe wht God has testified about His Son.

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (vv.1-12, NLT)

We know what real love is because Jesus gave up His live for us. So we ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion – how can Go’s love be in that person?

Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other: let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even if we fell guilty, God is greater tha our feelings, and He knows everything.

Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. And we will receive from Him whatever we ask because we obey Him and do the things that please HIm.

And this is His commandment: We must believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with Him. And we know He lives in us because the Spirit He gave us lives in us. (vv. 16-24, NLT)

And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when He returns you will be full of courage and not shrink back from Him in shame.

Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children. (1 John 2:28-29, NLT)

See how very much our Father loves us, for He calls us His children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know Him. Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but He has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as He is pure. (1 John 3:1-3, NLT)

Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the. Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong to us.

But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you His Spirit, and all of you know the truth. So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies. And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son and has the Father also.

So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life He has promised us. (vv. 18-25, NLT)

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world only offers craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave . But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever. (vv 15-17, NLT)

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This is the old commandment- to love one another- is the same message you heard before. Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true lights is already shining.

If anyone claims , “I am living in the light,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness. Anyone who loves another brother or sister is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness. (vv. 7-11, NLT)

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone doe sins, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the who is truly righteous. He Himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins- and not only our sins but the sins of the world.

And we can be sure that we know Him if we obey His commandments. If someone says, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love Him. That is how we know we are living in Him. Those who say we know we are living in Him. Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. (vv. 1-6, NT)

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light and there is no darkness inHim at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not loving in the truth. But if we confess our sins to Him, Hew is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His words has no place in our hearts. (vv.5-10, NLT)