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title: "Abbott"
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**Verse 3**
*Purifieth himself;* that is, his hope of being hereafter joined to Christ in happiness and glory, leads him to seek now to resemble him in character.

**Verse 5**
*He was manifested;* Christ was manifested, that is, appeared upon this earth.

**Verse 6**
*Whosoever sinneth;* that is, willingly and habitually.

**Verse 15**
*Is a murderer;* in the spirit and temper of his mind.

**Verse 16**
*To lay down our lives,* to be willing to lay them down.

**Verse 18**
*Not--in word, neither in tongue,* not in empty professions.

**Verse 19**
*And hereby;* that is, by the habitual temper and spirit of our minds.

**Verse 20**
*Our heart;* our conscience.

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