You are from God,little children,and have overcomethem; becausegreateris He who is in you thanhe who is in the world.
Whatthenshall we sayto these things?IfGod[is] for us, who[is] againstus?
For whateveris bornof Godovercomesthe world;and thisis the victorythat has overcomethe world--our faith.
But in allthese thingswe overwhelmingly conquerthroughHim who lovedus.
We have come to knowand have believedthe lovewhichGodhasfor us. Godis love,and the one who abidesin loveabidesin God,and Godabidesin him.
Nowwe have received,not the spiritof the world,but the Spiritwhois from God,sothat we may knowthe things freely givento us by God,
We knowthat we are of God,and that the wholeworldliesin [the power of] the evil one.
By thiswe knowthat we abidein Him and He in us, becauseHe has givenus of His Spirit.
Finally,be strongin the Lordand in the strengthof His might.
so that Christmay dwellin your heartsthroughfaith;[and] that you, being rootedand groundedin love,
"And they overcamehim becauseof the bloodof the Lamband becauseof the wordof their testimony,and they did not lovetheir lifeeven whenfaced with death.
The one who keepsHis commandmentsabidesin Him, and He in him. We knowby thisthat He abidesin us, by the SpiritwhomHe has givenus.
"Nowjudgmentis upon thisworld;nowthe rulerof thisworldwill be castout.
I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfectedin unity,sothat the worldmay knowthat You sentMe, and lovedthem, evenas You have lovedMe.
We are from God;he who knowsGodlistensto us; he whois not from Goddoes not listento us. By thiswe knowthe spiritof truthand the spiritof error.
Orwhatagreementhas the templeof Godwith idols?For we are the templeof the livingGod;justas Godsaid,"I WILL DWELLIN THEM AND WALK AMONGTHEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
I am writingto you, fathers,becauseyou knowHim who has been from the beginning.I am writingto you, young men,becauseyou have overcomethe evil one.I have writtento you, children,becauseyou knowthe Father.
Foodis for the stomachand the stomachis for food,but Godwill do awaywith bothof them. Yetthe bodyis not for immorality,but for the Lord,and the Lordis for the body.
in whichyou formerlywalkedaccordingto the courseof thisworld,accordingto the princeof the powerof the air,of the spiritthat is nowworkingin the sonsof disobedience.
and concerningjudgment,becausethe rulerof thisworldhas been judged.
in whosecasethe godof thisworldhas blindedthe mindsof the unbelievingsothat they might not seethe lightof the gospelof the gloryof Christ,whois the imageof God.
"I will not speakmuchmorewith you, for the rulerof the worldis coming,and he hasnothingin Me;
My little children,I am writingthese thingsto you sothat you may not sin.And ifanyonesins,we havean Advocatewith the Father,JesusChristthe righteous;
in whateverour heartcondemnsus; for Godis greaterthan our heartand knowsall things.
