1 John 2
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
And hereby know we that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him:
5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him:
6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
7 Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.
8 Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth.
9 If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.
I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him which is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him which is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. (aiōn g165)
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest how that they all are not of us.
20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.
And this is the promise which he promised us, [even] the life eternal. (aiōnios g166)
26 I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.
27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.
