Scriptures

New Living Translation (NLT)

1 John 2
²⁴ So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.
²⁵ And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.
²⁶ I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.
²⁷ But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.
²⁸ And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.
²⁹ Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.
1 John 3
¹ See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him.
² Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
³ And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.
⁴ Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.
⁵ And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.