Tag: faith
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First John 3:1-3: God is Righteous
Practicing Righteousness or Sin is a Result of Paternity 3:1 Look at the kind of love the Father has given to us, that we are called God’s children. And we really are! Because of this the world does not know us. And it is no wonder, because it did not know Him. 3:2 Beloved, right…
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First John 2:29 / Overview: God is Righteous
Second Proclamation Section: God is Righteous 2:29 If you know that ˹God˺ is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of ˹God˺. 3:1 Look at the kind of love the Father has given to us, that we are called God’s children. And we really are! Because of this the world…
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First John 2:21-25: God is Light
Warning: Walking in the Light is Not Compatible with Denying the Son 2:18 Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many have become antichrists. From this we know that it is the last hour. 2:19 They separated from us, but they were not part of…
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First John 2:18-20: God is Light
Warning: Walking in the Light is Not Compatible with Denying the Son! 2:18 Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that Antichrist is coming, even now many have become antichrists. From this we know that it is the last hour. 2:19 They separated from us, but they were not part of…
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First John 2:15-17: God is Light
Warning: Walking in the Light is not Compatible with Love for the World! 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him, 2:16 because all that is worldly – The craving for what the flesh desires,The craving for what…
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First John 2:7-8: God is Light
Walking in the Darkness vs. Walking in the Light 2:7 Beloved, what I am writing to you is not a new commandment, but an old commandment which you have possessed from the beginning. This old commandment is the message which you have heard all along. 2:8 And yet, what I am writing to you is…
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First John 2:3-6: God is Light
Walking in the Darkness vs. Walking in the Light 2:3 Now the way we know that we know ˹God˺ is if we keep His commandments. 2:4 The one who says, “I know Him,” while not keeping His commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in this person. 2:5 But whoever keeps ˹Christ’s˺ word,…
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First John 1:6-7: God is Light
Walking in the Darkness vs. Walking in the Light 1:6 If we say, “We have fellowship with ˹God˺,” and yet are walking in the darkness, then we are lying and not living by the truth. 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as ˹God˺ Himself is in the light, then we have fellowship with…
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First John 1:3-4: Prologue
Prologue 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at intently and our hands touched, concerning the Word, the source of life – 1:2 This Life was revealed. We have seen it. And so, we testify to it and proclaim to you this…
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First John 1:1-2: Prologue
Prologue 1:1 What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at intently and our hands touched, concerning the Word, the source of life – 1:2 This Life was revealed. We have seen it. And so, we testify to it and proclaim to you this…
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