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The next file is: 1JOHN
1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
 which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,
 and our hands have handled, of the word of life;
1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and
 testify, and show to you that eternal life which was with the
 Father, and was manifested to us;)
1:3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that ye
 also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is]
 with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1:4 And these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.
1:5 This then is the message which we have heard from him, and
 declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at
 all.
1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in
 darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
 fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
 Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
 truth is not in us.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
 us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
 his word is not in us.
2:1 My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin
 not. And if any man sinneth, we have an advocate with the
 Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours
 only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
2:3 And by this we do know that we know him, if we keep his
 commandments.
2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments,
 is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
2:5 But whoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of
 God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
2:6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to
 walk, even as he walked.
2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old
 commandment which ye had from the beginning: The old
 commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
2:8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true
 in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true
 light now shineth.
2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is
 in darkness even until now.
2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there
 is no occasion of stumbling in him.
2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh
 in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because darkness
 hath blinded his eyes.
2:12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are
 forgiven you for his name's sake.
2:13 I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that
 is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye
 have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children,
 because ye have known the Father.
2:14 I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him
 [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men,
 because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and
 ye have overcome the wicked one.
2:15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the
 world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father is
 not in him.
2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
 the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the
 Father, but is from the world.
2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust of it: but he that
 doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard
 that antichrist cometh, even now are there many antichrists; by
 which we know that it is the last time.
2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they
 had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us:
 but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they
 were not all of us.
2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all
 things.
2:21 I have not written to you because ye know not the truth,
 but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
 He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
2:23 Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:
 [[but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].
2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from
 the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning
 shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in
 the Father.
2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even]
 eternal life.
2:26 These [things] have I written to you concerning them that
 seduce you.
2:27 But the anointing which ye have received from him abideth
 in you, and ye need not that any man should teach you: but as
 the same anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is
 truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall
 abide in him.
2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall
 appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him
 at his coming.
2:29 If ye know that he is righteous ye know that every one that
 doeth righteousness is born of him.
3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon
 us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the
 world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
 appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
 appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,
 even as he is pure.
3:4 Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law; for sin
 is the transgression of the law.
3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins;
 and in him is no sin.
3:6 Whoever abideth in him sinneth not: whoever sinneth hath not
 seen him, neither known him.
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth
 righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil
 sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was
 manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
3:9 Whoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed
 remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children
 of the devil: whoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,
 neither he that loveth not his brother.
3:11 For this is the message that ye have heard from the
 beginning, that we should love one another.
3:12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his
 brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were
 evil, and his brother's righteous.
3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we
 love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother, abideth in
 death.
3:15 Whoever hateth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know that
 no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
3:16 By this we perceive the love [of God], because he laid down
 his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the
 brethren.
3:17 But he who hath this world's good, and seeth his brother
 have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him,
 how dwelleth the love of God in him?
3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in
 tongue, but in deed and in truth.
3:19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall
 assure our hearts before him.
3:20 For if our heart condemneth us, God is greater than our
 heart, and knoweth all things.
3:21 Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, [then] have we
 confidence towards God.
3:22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep
 his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his
 sight.
3:23 And this is his commandment; That we should believe on the
 name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave
 us commandment.
3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments, dwelleth in him, and
 he in him. And by this we know that he abideth in us, by the
 Spirit which he hath given us.
4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
 whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone
 out into the world.
4:2 By this ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
 confesseth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh, is from
 God:
4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is
 come in the flesh, is not from God. And this is that [spirit]
 of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and
 even now already it is in the world.
4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:
 because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the
 world.
4:5 They are of the world: therefore they speak from the world,
 and the world heareth them.
4:6 We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth us; he that is
 not of God, heareth not us. By this we know the spirit of
 truth, and the spirit of error.
4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and
 every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
4:8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love.
4:9 In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because
 that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we
 might live through him.
4:10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved
 us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one
 another.
4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another,
 God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
4:13 By this we know that we dwell in him, and he in us, because
 he hath given us of his Spirit.
4:14 And we have seen and do testify, that the Father sent the
 Son [to be] the Savior of the world.
4:15 Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
 dwelleth in him, and he in God.
4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to
 us. God is love: and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God,
 and God in him.
4:17 In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness
 in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this
 world.
4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
 fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth, is not made
 perfect in love.
4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
4:20 If a man sayeth, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is
 a liar. For he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen,
 how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?
4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth
 God, love his brother also.
5:1 Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God:
 and every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that
 is begotten by him.
5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we
 love God, and keep his commandments.
5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments;
 and his commandments are not grievous.
5:4 For whatever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this
 is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.
5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
 that Jesus is the Son of God?
5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus
 Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is
 the Spirit that beareth testimony, because the Spirit is truth.
5:7 For there are three that bear testimony in heaven, the
 Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one.
5:8 And there are three that bear testimony on earth, the
 spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in
 one.
5:9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is
 greater: for this is the testimony of God which he hath
 testified of his Son.
5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
 himself: he that believeth not God, hath made him a liar,
 because he hath not believed the testimony that God gave of his
 Son.
5:11 And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us
 eternal life: and this life is in his Son.
5:12 He that hath the Son, hath life; [and] he that hath not the
 Son of God, hath not life.
5:13 These things have I written to you that believe on the name
 of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life,
 and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we
 ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
5:15 And if we know that he heareth us, whatever we ask, we know
 that we have the petitions that we desired from him.
5:16 If any man shall see his brother sin a sin [which is] not
 to death, he shall ask, and he will give him life for them that
 sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he
 shall pray for it.
5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not to
 death.
5:18 We know that whoever is born of God, sinneth not; but he
 that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and that wicked one
 toucheth him not.
5:19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth
 in wickedness.
5:20 And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given
 us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we
 are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This
 is the true God, and eternal life.
5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.