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1My much-loved children, I am writing these things to you so you will not walk a path of broken ways. But if anyone does, we have one who represents us before our Father the Great Spirit. He is Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, who has always done what is right.
2He paid a great price to set us free from our bad hearts and broken ways, not only for us but for all people.
3We can be sure that we truly know him if we follow the teachings of the Chosen One.
4The ones who say, “I know the Great Spirit,” yet do not follow his teachings, are lying, and the truth does not live in them.
5-6But for those who walk in his message, Creator’s love has found its true meaning and purpose. The ones who say they are in harmony with the Great Spirit must walk in the footsteps of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) . This is how we know we are living in harmony with him.
7My much-loved friends, I am not giving you a new teaching but an old one, the same one you were given at first. The old teaching is the message you have heard.[#2:7 Instruction or commandment]
8On the other hand, I am giving you a new teaching. Its truth is found in Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and also in you. For the darkness is fading, and the true light is already shining.
9Anyone who says, “I walk in the light,” but hates another is still walking in darkness.[#2:9 Lit. brother . Also in verses 10-11.]
10Anyone who loves others is walking in the light and has no reason to trip or fall.
11But anyone who hates others is in darkness and walks in darkness. Such ones have lost their way because the darkness has blinded their eyes.
12I write to you children because you have been released from your broken ways through the name of Creator Sets Free (Jesus) .
13I write to you elders because you have known the one who was there from the beginning. I write to you young ones because you have won the victory over the evil trickster.
14I have written to you children because you have known the Father, who is the Great Spirit . I have written to you elders because you have known Creator Sets Free (Jesus) , the one who was there from the beginning. I have written to you young ones because you are strong, with Creator’s message firmly planted in your hearts, and you have won the victory over the evil trickster.
15Do not love the ways of this world, nor the things you can get from the world. When you love the world, it shows that the love of our Father the Great Spirit is not alive in you.
16For all the things found in the world—desiring to walk in broken ways, longing to have everything you see, thinking you are better and more deserving than others—these things are not from our Father the Great Spirit but from the world.
17This world is coming to an end along with all its broken desires, but the ones who walk in the ways of the Great Spirit will remain to the time beyond the end of all days.
18My much-loved children, the time of the end has come! You have heard that a false chosen one is coming. I tell you even now that many false chosen ones have appeared. This is how we know that the time of the end has come.[#2:18 Lit. the last hour; #2:18 Lit. the last hour]
19These false chosen ones were among us, but they did not belong, so they left. If they had truly belonged, they would have remained—but they left, showing that they did not belong.
20But as for you, the Holy One has poured out his Spirit as a sweet-smelling ointment on you, choosing you as his own , and all of you know the truth.
21I write this to you not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
22Who is the liar? It is the one who denies that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Chosen One. This is the false chosen one, the one who denies both Father and Son.
23The ones who deny the Son do not have the Father. The ones who speak well of the Son have the Father also.
24So then , let the message you first heard remain in you. If you do, then you will also remain in harmony with the Son and with the Father.
25His promise to us is the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.
26I write to you to warn you about the ones who are trying to lead you down the wrong path.
27But the sweet-smelling ointment of his Spirit remains within you, and there is no need for anyone to teach you. The sweet-smelling ointment of his Spirit is your teacher in all things. Through it, he speaks only the truth and never anything false. So remain in harmony with him just as he has taught you.
28So I say again, my much-loved children, remain in harmony with him, so that when he appears we may stand boldly before him and not have to hang our heads in shame.
29Since you know that the Chosen One always does what is right, you can be sure that the Great Spirit is the father of all who walk in his right ways.