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3My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
²For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
³Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
⁴So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
⁵Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
⁷Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
⁸It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
⁹Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
¹⁰So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
¹¹My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction:
¹²For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
¹³Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
¹⁴For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
¹⁵She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
¹⁷Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
¹⁸She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

3Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
²Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
³And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
⁴Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
⁵And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
⁶Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
⁷Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
⁸He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
⁹Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
¹⁰In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
¹¹For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
¹²Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
¹³Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
¹⁴We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
¹⁵Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.