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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1JN.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father&#8212;Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.2.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1JN.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1JN.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Whoever says, &#8220;I know him,&#8221; but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1JN.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if anyone obeys his word, love for God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">word, God&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.2.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1JN.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.2.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1JN.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brother or sister </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.</span></span></span><span class="content"> is still in the darkness. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1JN.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Anyone who loves their brother and sister</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">2:10 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brother and sister </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphos</span>) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.</span></span></span><span class="content"> lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Reasons for Writing</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.2.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"><span class="content">because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.2.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am writing to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">I am writing to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"><span class="content">because you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.2.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I write to you, dear children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know the Father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, fathers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you know him who is from the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">I write to you, young men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">because you are strong,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and the word of God lives in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.2.14"><span class="content">and you have overcome the evil one.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At that time Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.11.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.11.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EPH.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EPH.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil&#8217;s schemes. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EPH.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EPH.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EPH.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EPH.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EPH.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EPH.6.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EPH.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord&#8217;s people. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EPH.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EPH.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.</span></span></div>
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