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 \v 4 As for you who are very dear to me, you belong to God, and you have refused to believe what those people teach because God, who enables you to do what he wants, is greater.
 \v 5 As for those who are teaching what is false, they belong with all the people in the world who refuse to honor God. That is why what they say comes from those same people, and those same people listen to them.
-\v 6 As for us, we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to what we teach, but whoever does not belong to God does not listen to what we teach. This is how we can distinguish between people who teach truth about God, and those who deceive others.
+\v 6 As for us, we belong to God. Whoever knows God listens to what we teach, but whoever does not belong to God does not listen to what we teach. This is how we can distinguish between people who teach truth about God and those who deceive others.
 
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 \v 8 God shows his love to people. So those who do not love their fellow believers do not know God.
 
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-\v 9 God has showed us his love and made it clear for everyone to see; that God sent his only Son into the world so he could give us life.
+\v 9 God has showed us his love and made it clear for everyone to see, that God sent his only Son into the world so he could give us life.
 \v 10 And God shows us what love is: God loves us so much that he sent his Son to cover our sin and he died on the cross for all of them. He died for our sin so we could be at peace with God, even though we were sinners. We now, Christ promises, that we are now forgiven by God and we are now loved by God. 
 
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 \v 17 We should love others completely. And if we do that, when the time comes for God to judge us, we will be confident that he will not condemn us. We will be confident of that because we are living in this world joined to God, as Christ himself is joined to God.
-\v 18 We will not be afraid of God if we truly love him, because those who love God completely cannot possibly be afraid of him. We would be afraid only if we thought that he would punish us. So those who are afraid of God certainly are not loving God completely.
+\v 18 We will not be afraid of God if we truly love him because those who love God completely cannot possibly be afraid of him. We would be afraid only if we thought that he would punish us. So those who are afraid of God certainly are not loving God completely.
 
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 \v 19 We love God and our fellow believers because God loved us first.
-\v 20 So those who say "I love God" but hate a fellow believer are lying. Those who do not love one of their fellow believers, whom they have seen, certainly cannot be loving God, whom they have not seen.
+\v 20 So those who say "I love God" but hate fellow believers are lying. Those who do not love one of their fellow believers whom they have seen certainly cannot be loving God whom they have not seen.
 \v 21 Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.
 
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 \v 9 We usually believe what other people tell us. But we can certainly trust much more in what God says. And he has certainly testified about his Son.
-\v 10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their inner beings what is true about him. But those who do not believe what God says call him a liar, because they have refused to believe what God has testified about his Son.
+\v 10 Those who trust in the Son of God know within their inner beings what is true about him. But those who do not believe what God says call him a liar because they have refused to believe what God has testified about his Son.
 
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 \v 11 This is what God says to us: "I have given you eternal life." We will live forever if we are joined with his Son.
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-\v 13 I have written this letter to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God in order that you may know that you will live forever.
+\v 13 I have written this letter to you who believe that Jesus is the Son of God so that you may know that you will live forever.
 \v 14 Because we are joined with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him to do anything he approves of.
 \v 15 Also, if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—then we can be sure that we will receive whatever we asked from him.
 
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-\v 16 Suppose you see one of our fellow believers committing a sin, but that sin would not separate him from God forever, then that person should ask God and pray that God will give him life—that is, to that person who is not committing a sin that would separate him from God forever. But there is a sin that can separate a person from God forever. I am not saying you should ask God to help a person who sins in that way.
+\v 16 Suppose someone sees one of our fellow believers committing a sin that would not separate him from God forever. Then that person should ask God and pray that God will give him life—that is, to the person who is not committing a sin that would separate him from God forever. But there is a sin that can separate a person from God forever. I am not saying you should ask God to help a person who sins in that way.
 \v 17 Everything that is wrong is a sin against God, but not every bad thing we do can separate us from God forever.
 
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 \v 20 We also know that the Son of God has come among us and has enabled us to understand the truth; we are joined to him who is true, God's Son Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is truly God, and he is the one who enables us to have eternal life.
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-\v 21 I say to you who are very dear to me, guard yourselves from worshiping gods that have no real power.
+\v 21 I say to you who are very dear to me: Guard yourselves from worshiping gods that have no real power.