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# General Information:
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This begins the end of John's letter. He tells his readers the last purpose for his letter and gives them some final teachings.
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# these things
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"this letter"
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# to you who believe in the name of the Son of God
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Here "name" is a metonym for the Son of God. AT: "to you who trust in the Son of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Son of God
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This is an important title for Jesus that describes his relationship to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])
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# life
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Here "life" stands for the right to live forever by God's grace and love. See how you translated this in [1 John 1:1-2](../01/01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# this is the confidence we have before him, that
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The abstract noun "confidence" can be stated as "confident." AT: "we are confident in God's presence because we know that" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# if we ask anything according to his will
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"if we ask for the things that God desires"
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# we know that we have whatever we have asked of him
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"we know that we will receive that for which we have asked God"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/written]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/confidence]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/willofgod]] |