Nowin a likeexchange--I speakas to children--open wide[to us] also.
I shall runthe wayof Your commandments,For You will enlargemy heart.He.
"I, the LORD,am your God,Who broughtyou up from the landof Egypt;Openyour mouthwideand I will fillit.
"ThereforeI sayto you, all thingsfor whichyou prayand ask,believethat you have receivedthem, and they will be [granted] you.
I begof you, brethren,becomeas I [am], for I also[have become] as you [are]. You have doneme nowrong;
My children,with whomI amagainin laboruntilChristis formedin you--
justas you knowhowwe [were] exhortingand encouragingand imploringeachoneof you as a father[would] his ownchildren,
My little children,I am writingthese thingsto you sothat you may not sin.And ifanyonesins,we havean Advocatewith the Father,JesusChristthe righteous;
Little children,let us not lovewith wordorwith tongue,but in deedand truth.
Little children,make sure no onedeceivesyou; the one who practicesrighteousnessis righteous,justas He is righteous;
I havenogreaterjoythan this,to hearof my childrenwalkingin the truth.
