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**Beloved** . App-135 .
**believe** . App-150 .
**spirit** . App-101 .
**try** = test, prove. By the Word of God. Greek. *dokimazo.* See [Romans 1:28](../../../kjv/romans/1/28) with [Romans 12:2](../../../kjv/romans/12/2) .
**whether** = if. App-118 .
**of** . App-104 .
**God** . App-98 .
**false prophets** . Greek. *pseudoproptetes.* First occurance: [Matthew 7:15](../../../kjv/matthew/7/15) .
**into** . App-104 .
**world** . App-129 .

**Hereby** . See [1 John 3:16](../../../kjv/1-john/3/16) .
**know** . App-132 .
**Spirit** . App-101 .
**spirit** . App-101 .
**that** . Omit.
**Jesus Christ** . App-98 .
**is come** = to have come.
**the** . Omit.

**spirit** . App-101 .
**that Jesus . . . flesh** . The texts read "Jesus".
**that** = the.
**antichrists** = the Antichrist. See [1 John 2:18](../../../kjv/1-john/2/18) .
**should come** = cometh.

**little children** . App-108 .

**therefore** = on account of ( App-104 . [1 John 4:2](../../../kjv/1-john/4/2) ) this.
**speak** . App-121 .

**Hereby** = From ( App-104 .) this.
**spirit** . App-101 .
**of truth** . Genitive of character, or relation. App-17 .
**truth** . See [1 John 1:6](../../../kjv/1-john/1/6) .
**spirit** . App-101 . of error. Genitive of character, as above.

**love.** App-135 .
**love** . App-135 .
**born** = begotten.

**manifested** . App-106 .
**toward** = in. App-104 . The sphere in which the manifestation takes place.
**only begotten** . See [John 1:14](../../../kjv/john/1/14) .
**Son** . App-108 .
**that** = in order that. Greek. *hina* .
**live** . Compare App-170 .

**Herein** = In ( App-104 .) this.
**propitiation** . Greek. *hilasmos.* Only here and [1 John 2:2](../../../kjv/1-john/2/2) . Compare [Romans 3:25](../../../kjv/romans/3/25) .
**for** = concerning. App-104 .
**sins** . App-128 .

**ought also** = also ought.

**No man** = No one. Greek. *oudeis.*
**seen** = beheld. App-133 .
**dwelleth** . Greek. *meno* . See p. 1511.
**perfected** = made perfect. App-125 .

**Spirit.** i.e. the gifts. App-101 .

**testify** = bear witness. Greek. *martureo.* See p. 1511.
**Father** . App-98 .

**confess, &c** . See [Matthew 16:16](../../../kjv/matthew/16/16) .
**Jesus** . App-98 .

**believed** = have believed. App-150 .
**to** = in. App-104 . Compare [1 John 4:9](../../../kjv/1-john/4/9) .

**our love** = love with ( App-104 .) us.
**made perfect** . App-125 .
**boldness** . Greek. *parrhresia.* See [1 John 2:28](../../../kjv/1-john/2/28) .
**judgment** . App-177 .
**as He is** . See [1 John 2:6](../../../kjv/1-john/2/6) .

**no** = not, [1 John 4:3](../../../kjv/1-john/4/3) .
**perfect** . App-125 .
**torment** = punishment. Greek. *kolasia.* See [Matthew 25:46](../../../kjv/matthew/25/46) .

**Him** . The texts omit.

**a man** = any one. App-123 .
**seen** . App-133 .

**from** . App-104 . Compare [1 John 3:11](../../../kjv/1-john/3/11) , [3 John 1:13](../../../kjv/3-john/1/13); [3 John 1:13](../../../kjv/3-john/1/13) :34 ; [John 15:12](../../../kjv/john/15/12) .

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