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Fause Christs. 13. I write to you, faithers, for that ye hae come to ken him that was frae the first. I write to you, lads, for that ye hae owercome the ill-ane.

14. I wrate to you, dear bairns, for that ye has come to ken the Faither. I wrate to you, faithers, for that ye hae come to ken him that was free the first. I wrate to you, lads, for that ye are sterk, and the word 0' God hides in ye, and ye hae owercome the ill-ane.

15. Love-ye-na the world, nor yet the things i' the world; gin ony ane is lovin the warld, the love o' the Faither isna in him.

16. For a' that is i' the warld, the desires o' the flesh and the craikin 0' the een, and the pride o' folk's lives, isna o' the Faither, but is o' the warld.

17. And the warld wears awa, and the desires o' the same; but wha dis the wull 0' God hides for aye.

18. Bairns, it is the last 'oor; and, e'en as ye heard tell that antichrist is comin, e'en noo antichrists are mony; and sae we come to ken it is the last 'oor.

19. Frae'mang us they gaed oot, but they warna ane wi' us; for gin they had been ane wi' us, they wad hae hidden wi' us; but it was that they soud he kent, hoo they warns 0' us.

20. And ye hae an anointin free the Holie Ane, and ken at' things.

21. I didna write 't'ye as jalousin ye kent-na the truth, but for that ye kent it, and for that nae lee is o’ the truth.

22. Wha is a leear, gin it he-na he that denies that Jesus is the Anointit? This is the antichrist, he wha denies the Faither and the Son.

23. Ilka ane wha denies the Son hasna the Faither: he that owns the Son has the Faither as weel.

24. As for yersels, lat that bide w'ye that ye heard free the first: for gin ye abide in what ye heard at the first, ye sal abide in the Son, and abide in the Faither.

25. And this is the promise he promised to us, e'en the life that is forevir and aye.

26. Thir things I wrate to ye, anent thae that beguile ye.

27. As for you, the anointin ye had free him hides within ye, and ye dinna need ony ane soud gia ye lear; but as his anointin schaws ye o' a' things, and is true and nae lee, e'en conform tae the lear o't, bide ye in him!

28. And noo, dear bairns, bide ye in him; sae that gin aihlins he soud he made seen, we may hae freedom 0' speech, and no be putten to shame at his comin.

29. Gin aihlins ye ken that he is richtous, ken ye as weel that ilka ane that is doin richtousness is born 0' him.

CHAPTIR THRIE. God's bairns to 'gree thegither—lo'e ane anither—ans lo'e God maist o' a'.

00K, whatna love the Faither has hestown on us, that we soud be ca'd "God's Bairns"; and we are! And that the warld kens-us-na; for, it kent-him-na!

2. Beloved, noo are we bairns 0' God; and it hasna yet been seen what we sal be. But we ken that gin he sal be seen, we sal be like him; for we sal see him; conform to what he is.

3. And ilka ane haein this hope in him, make his sel pure, e'en as Christ is pure.

4. Ilk ane that dis sin brecks ower the law; for sin is a breckin ower the law,

5. And ye are aware that he was made kent, that he micht tak awa oor sins; and in him sin isna!

7. Nae ane bidin in him sins; nae ane sinnin has seen him nor comprehendit him. 303