1 John 2:1-11

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin.

if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the

Righteous One.

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for

the sins of the whole world.

Note:

1 is talking about accidental sins. Not a person who practices sinning.

Note:

John 3:9 says: No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's

seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of

God.

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know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I

know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in

that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete

in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must

live as Jesus did.

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Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

7 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. 8

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.

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in

the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light,

and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 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.