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... commandments , and walking as Christ walked , in the light , confr . i . 7. That this com- mandment to walk as Christ , and to keep his com- mandments , is the old commandment , the sum of the whole Christian life , with which the ...
... commandments , and walking as Christ walked , in the light , confr . i . 7. That this com- mandment to walk as Christ , and to keep his com- mandments , is the old commandment , the sum of the whole Christian life , with which the ...
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... commandment of the gospel , en- joining to love the brethren . Quite the contrary the devil's children : That as Cain , instigated by a de- vilish mind , by envy and hatred , slew his more pious brother , ( after a manner similar to the ...
... commandment of the gospel , en- joining to love the brethren . Quite the contrary the devil's children : That as Cain , instigated by a de- vilish mind , by envy and hatred , slew his more pious brother , ( after a manner similar to the ...
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... commandment and law , a distinction is to be made betwixt the sin unto death , and the sin not un- to death . That the Christian shall pray to God on- ly for those who have committed no mortal sin , INTRODUCTION . 53.
... commandment and law , a distinction is to be made betwixt the sin unto death , and the sin not un- to death . That the Christian shall pray to God on- ly for those who have committed no mortal sin , INTRODUCTION . 53.
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... commandment of sanctification and brotherly - love , and thus to pre- serve them from the seductions of Antichrist . Such seems to have been the most immediate occasion for writing the epistle.78 It is possible that the gospel may owe ...
... commandment of sanctification and brotherly - love , and thus to pre- serve them from the seductions of Antichrist . Such seems to have been the most immediate occasion for writing the epistle.78 It is possible that the gospel may owe ...
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... commandments , ( without walking in the light , i . 6 , ) there cannot be or subsist any true knowledge , nor any true love of God , and accordingly no communion with him , or remaining in him . St. John writes to Christians , who were ...
... commandments , ( without walking in the light , i . 6 , ) there cannot be or subsist any true knowledge , nor any true love of God , and accordingly no communion with him , or remaining in him . St. John writes to Christians , who were ...
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Page 342 - If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Page 345 - And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Page 350 - This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood : And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
Page 353 - If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Page 343 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 343 - Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Page 349 - God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Page 353 - Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
Page 346 - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Page 354 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.