1 John 2
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you won’t sin. If anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, the righteous Jesus Christ.
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:
2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
3 This is how we know that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and doesn’t keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoever keeps His word has the sincere love of God truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.
6 whoever claims to live in Jesus ought to walk in the same way He walked.
He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brothers and sisters, I’m not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.
Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.
8 Yet, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
Again a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true both in him and in you; because the darkness is passed, and the true light now shineth.
9 Whoever claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister, is still in darkness.
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 Whoever sincerely loves his brothers and sisters lives in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is no scandal in him.
11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in darkness and walks in darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth; because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for His name’s sake.
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.
I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him, who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
15 Don’t sincerely love the world or the things in the world. If anyone sincerely loves the world, the sincere love of the Father isn’t in him.
Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
16 For everything that is in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 The world and its lusts are passing away, but whoever does the will of God stays forever. (aiōn g165)
And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
18 Little children, we are in the end times. As you have heard the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. By this we know that we are in the end times.
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.
19 They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. Instead, they went out so that it might be revealed 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 no doubt have remained with us; but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us.
20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know the truth.
But you have the unction from the Holy One, and know all things.
21 I write to you, not because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because you know that no lie belongs to the truth.
I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father either. Whoever acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also.
24 Therefore, let that which you heard from the beginning live in you. If what you heard from the beginning lives in you, you also will live in the Son and in the Father.
As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.
And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting. (aiōnios g166)
26 I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
These things have I written to you, concerning them that seduce you.
27 As for you, the anointing that you received from Him lives in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. Yet as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and not a lie; just as it has taught you, you live in Him.
And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him, abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you; but as his unction teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.
28 Now, little children, live in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.
And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be confounded by him at his coming.
29 If you know that He is righteous, then know that everyone who also practices righteousness is born of Him.
If you know, that he is just, know ye, that every one also, who doth justice, is born of him.
