002:027 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains within you, and there is no need for any one to teach you. But since His anointing gives you instruction in all things-- and is true and is no falsehood--you are continuing in union with Him even as it has taught you to do. 002:028 And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming. 002:029 Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His. 003:001 See what marvellous love the Father has bestowed upon us-- that we should be called God's children: and that is what we are. For this reason the world does not recognize us--because it has not known Him. 003:002 Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is. 003:003 And every man who has this hope fixed on Him, purifies himself so as to be as pure as He is. 003:004 Every one who is guilty of sin is also guilty of violating Law; for sin is the violation of Law. 003:005 And you know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 003:006 No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him. 003:007 Dear children, let no one lead you astray. The man who acts righteously is righteous, just as He is righteous. 003:008 He who is habitually guilty of sin is a child of the Devil, because the Devil has been a sinner from the very beginning. The Son of God appeared for the purpose of undoing the work of the Devil. 003:009 No one who is a child of God is habitually guilty of sin. A God-given germ of life remains in him, and he cannot habitually sin--because he is a child of God. 003:010 By this we can distinguish God's children and the Devil's children: no one who fails to act righteously is a child of God, nor he who does not love his brother man. 003:011 For this is the Message you have heard from the beginning-- that we are to love one another. 003:012 We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous. 003:013 Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. 003:014 As for us, we know that we have already passed out of death into Life--because we love our brother men. He who is destitute of love continues dead.