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Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.
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By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
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For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,
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for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith.
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Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.