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Children of God
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God.[fn] The reason the world vvv does not know us [is] that vvv it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be {has} not yet been revealed. We know that when [Christ] appears,[fn] we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as [ Christ ] is pure.[fn]
4Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.[fn] 5 [But] you know that [Christ] appeared to take away our[fn] sins, and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him [or] known Him.
7Little children,[fn] {let} no one deceive you: The [one who] practices righteousness is righteous, just as [Christ] is righteous.[fn] 8 The [one who] practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from [the] very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
9Anyone born of God vvv refuses to practice sin, because [God’s] seed abides in him; vvv he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this the children of God are distinguished [from] the children of the devil: Anyone who vvv does not practice righteousness is not of God, [nor is] anyone who vvv does not love his brother.
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