2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. 4 Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:2–4
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1 John 2:28–29
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1 John 1:9–10
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1 John 4:16–18
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1 John 2:4–6
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1 Peter 1:14–16
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John 3:20–22
20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.” 22 After thi…
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