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-\v 1 My dear children, these things I write to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.
+\v 1 My dear children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ—the one who is righteous.
 \v 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
 \v 3 By this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
 
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-\v 12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven you for Christ's name's sake.
+\v 12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.
 \v 13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, little children, because you know the Father.
 \v 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
 
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 \v 18 Little children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
-\v 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out in order that they might be shown that they are not of us.
+\v 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us they would have continued with us. But when they went out, that showed they are not of us.
 
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 \v 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know the truth.
-\v 21 I did not write to you because you have not known the truth, but because you know it and because no lie is of the truth.
+\v 21 I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it and because no lie is of the truth.
 
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 \v 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This person is the antichrist, since he denies the Father and the Son.
-\v 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
+\v 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
 
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-\v 24 As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
-\v 25 And this is the promise which he promised us; eternal life.
-\v 26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
+\v 24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
+\v 25 And this is the promise he gave to us: eternal life.
+\v 26 I have written these to you about those who would lead you astray.
 
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 \v 27 And as for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, remain in him.
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 \v 28 And now, dear children, remain in him, so that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
-\v 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.
+\v 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.