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[1]Whoever believeth that Jesus is the Messiah, is born of God. And whoever loveth the begetter, loveth him also that is begotten of him.
[2]And by this we know, that we love the children of God, when we love God, and follow his commandments.
[3]For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.
[4]Because, whoever is born of God, overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, our faith.
[5]For who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
[6]This is he who came by the water and the blood. Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit testifieth; because the Spirit is truth.
[7][For there are three that testify in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.] ⓘ
[8]And there are three witnesses, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three are in union.
[9]If we receive the testimony of men, how much greater is the testimony of God? And this is the testimony of God, which he hath testified concerning his Son.
[10]Whoever believeth in the Son of God, hath this testimony in himself. And whoever believeth not God, hath made him a liar, by not believing the testimony which God hath testified concerning his Son.
[11]And this is the testimony, that God hath given to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
[12]Every one that taketh hold of the Son, taketh hold of life; and every one that taketh not hold of the Son, hath not life.
[13]These things have I written to you, that ye may know that ye have life eternal, ye who believe in the name of the Son of God.
[14]And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatever we ask of him, agreeably to his will, he heareth us.
[15]And if we are persuaded that he heareth us respecting what we ask of him, we are confident of receiving presently the petitions which we asked of him.
[16]If any one shall see his brother sin a sin which doth not deserve death, he shall ask, and life will be given him, to them [I say] who sin not as unto death. For there is a sin of death; and I do not say of this, that a man should pray for it.
[17]For all iniquity is sin; and there is a sin which is not of death.
[18]And we know, that every one who is born of God, sinneth not: for he that is born of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.
[19]We know, that we are of God; and all the world is reposing on the evil one.
[20]And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us knowledge that we might know the True One; and that we might be in the True One, in his Son Jesus the Messiah. He is the true God, and the life eternal.
[21]My children, keep yourselves from idolatry.
End of the first Epistle of John the Legate.
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