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    "chapter": 3
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        "n": 1,
        "refId": "1JN-3:1",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.1",
        "text": "Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "1JN-3:2",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.2",
        "text": "Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "1JN-3:3",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.3",
        "text": "And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "1JN-3:4",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.4",
        "text": "Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "1JN-3:5",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.5",
        "text": "And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "1JN-3:6",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.6",
        "text": "Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "1JN-3:7",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.7",
        "text": "[My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:"
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "1JN-3:8",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.8",
        "text": "he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "1JN-3:9",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.9",
        "text": "Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "1JN-3:10",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.10",
        "text": "In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother."
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        "n": 11,
        "refId": "1JN-3:11",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.11",
        "text": "For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another:"
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "1JN-3:12",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.12",
        "text": "not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother`s righteous."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "1JN-3:13",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.13",
        "text": "Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "1JN-3:14",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.14",
        "text": "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "1JN-3:15",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.15",
        "text": "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "1JN-3:16",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.16",
        "text": "Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "1JN-3:17",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.17",
        "text": "But whoso hath the world`s goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?"
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "1JN-3:18",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.18",
        "text": "[My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "1JN-3:19",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.19",
        "text": "Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:"
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "1JN-3:20",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.20",
        "text": "because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "1JN-3:21",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.21",
        "text": "Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;"
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "1JN-3:22",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.22",
        "text": "and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "1JN-3:23",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.23",
        "text": "And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he gave us commandment."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "1JN-3:24",
        "verseRef": "1JN.3.24",
        "text": "And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us."
      }
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