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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">world, the Father&#8217;s love</span></span></span><span class="content"> is not in them. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1JN.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For everything in the world&#8212;the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life&#8212;comes not from the Father but from the world. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings Against Denying the Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1JN.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1JN.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:20 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">and you know all things</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1JN.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1JN.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist&#8212;denying the Father and the Son. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1JN.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1JN.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And this is what he promised us&#8212;eternal life.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1JN.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1JN.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1JN.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit&#8212;just as it has taught you, remain in him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The Spirit of the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is on me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has anointed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim good news to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">to proclaim freedom for the captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">and release from darkness for the prisoners,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">61:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">the blind</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.61.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">to proclaim the year of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s favor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">and the day of vengeance of our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">to comfort all who mourn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.61.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and provide for those who grieve in Zion&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">to bestow on them a crown of beauty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of ashes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">the oil of joy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of mourning,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">and a garment of praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">instead of a spirit of despair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">They will be called oaks of righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">a planting of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">for the display of his splendor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.61.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They will rebuild the ancient ruins</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">and restore the places long devastated;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">they will renew the ruined cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">that have been devastated for generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.61.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strangers will shepherd your flocks;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.61.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you will be called priests of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">you will be named ministers of our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">You will feed on the wealth of nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">and in their riches you will boast.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.61.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Instead of your shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will receive a double portion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and instead of disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">you will rejoice in your inheritance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">and everlasting joy will be yours.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.61.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;For I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, love justice;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">I hate robbery and wrongdoing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">In my faithfulness I will reward my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">and make an everlasting covenant with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.61.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their descendants will be known among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">and their offspring among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">All who see them will acknowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">that they are a people the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has blessed.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.61.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I delight greatly in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">my soul rejoices in my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">For he has clothed me with garments of salvation</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.61.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For as the soil makes the sprout come up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and a garden causes seeds to grow,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">so the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will make righteousness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.61.11"><span class="content">and praise spring up before all nations.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JAS.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You adulterous people,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">An allusion to covenant unfaithfulness; see Hosea 3:1.</span></span></span><span class="content"> don&#8217;t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JAS.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that the spirit he caused to dwell in us envies intensely; </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">that the Spirit he caused to dwell in us longs jealously</span></span></span><span class="content">? </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.4.6"><span class="content">&#8220;God opposes the proud</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.4.6"><span class="content">but shows favor to the humble.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:6 </span><span class="ft">Prov. 3:34</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JAS.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JAS.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. </span></span></div>
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