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## You are of God ##
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"You belong to God."
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## dear children ##
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See how you translated this in [1 John 2:1](../02/01.md).
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## have overcome those spirits ##
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This could be translated "You have not believed the false teachers."
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## he who is in you ##
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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"he" refers to God.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## he who is in the world ##
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"he" refers to Satan.
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## the world ##
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The term the world refers to people who do not obey God.
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## Those spirits are of the world ##
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This could be translated “Those false teachers are people who do not obey God.”
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## therefore what they say is of the world ##
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This could be translated “therefore they teach ideas that are against God"
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## and the world listens to them ##
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This could be translated “so the people who do not obey God listens to them”
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