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23 Anyone who says that Jesus is not God's Son does not belong to the Father. But anyone who accepts Jesus as the Son of God also belongs to the Father.[a]

24 As for you, always remember the true message that you heard at the beginning. If you continue to believe that message, you will continue to live with the Son and with the Father. 25 That is the real life that continues for ever. And that is what God has promised to give to us.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:23 Some people say that they are Christians, but they do not believe in Jesus. John tells us what true Christians believe.

23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(A)

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(B) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(C) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(D)

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