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-# Connecting Statement:
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-John closes his letter, reviewing what he has said about the new nature of believers, which cannot sin, and he reminds them to keep themselves from idols 
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 # the evil one cannot harm him
 
 The phrase "the evil one" refers to Satan, the devil.