John urges believers to remain in him so that when he appears, you may be confident and not shrink back in shame at his coming. The promise of Christ's return is comfort to those who've lived faithfully.
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. The future shapes the present. Knowing Christ is coming makes you want to be ready. Not from fear, but from love. You want to be prepared to see him.
John notes that if you know he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. Righteousness is the evidence of being born into God's family. It's not the payment for it. It's the characteristic of it.
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