But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

The one who says he remains in Him should walk just as He walked.

Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard, “Antichrist is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour.

No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.

The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, His anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie; just as He has taught you, remain in Him.

If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of Him.

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Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself just as He is pure.

Little children, let no one deceive you! The one who does what is right is righteous, just as He is righteous.

and can receive whatever we ask from Him because we keep His commands and do what is pleasing in His sight.

Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.

And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior.

In this, love is perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, for we are as He is in this world.

Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

And if we know that He hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we have asked Him for.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am not saying he should pray about that.