1 John 2
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us with the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous —
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
And by this we know that we have learned to know him — by our laying his commands to heart.
4 One who says, "I know him," and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
The man who says ‘I know Jesus,’ but does not lay his commands to heart, is a liar, and the Truth has no place in him;
5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has truly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:
but, whenever a man lays his Message to heart, in that man the love of God has indeed reached its perfection. By this we know that we are in union with God —
6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.
7 Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard.
Dear friends, it is no new command that I am writing to you, but an old command, which you have had from the first. That old command is the Message to which you listened.
8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shines.
Yet, again, it is a new Command that I am writing to you — manifest in Christ’s life and in your own — for the Darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
He who says that he is in the Light, and yet hates his Brother, is in the Darkness even now.
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
He who loves his Brother is always in the Light, and there is nothing within him to cause him to stumble;
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
while he who hates his Brother is in the Darkness, and is living in the Darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the Darkness prevents his seeing.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
I am writing, Children, to you, because your sins have been forgiven you for Christ’s sake.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
I am writing, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I am writing, Young Men, to you, because you have conquered the Evil One. I write, Children, to you, because you have learned to 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 people, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
I write, Fathers, to you, because you have learned to know him who has been from the Beginning. I write, Young Men, to you, because you are strong, and God’s Message is always in your hearts, and you have conquered the Evil One.
15 Do not love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love is not in him.
Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not the Father's, but is the world's.
for all that the world can offer — the gratification of the earthly nature, the gratification of the eye, the pretentious life — belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever. (aiōn g165)
And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but he who does God’s will remains for ever. (aiōn g165)
18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
My Children, these are the last days. You were told that an Anti-Christ was coming; and many Anti-Christs have already arisen. By that we know that these are the last days.
19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.
20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
You, however, have received consecration from the Holy One.
21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
You all know — But I am not writing to you because you do not know the Truth, but because you do know it, and because nothing false can come from the Truth.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
Who is a liar, if not the man who rejects the truth that Jesus is the Christ? He is the Anti-Christ — The man who rejects the Father and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
No one who rejects the Son has found the Father; he who acknowledges the Son has found the Father also.
24 As for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.
And this is what he himself promised us — The Immortal Life! (aiōnios g166)
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
In writing thus to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you do not need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you remain in him.
But you — you still retain in your hearts that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of any one to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Yes, my Children, maintain your union with Christ, so that, whenever he appears, our confidence may not fail us, and we may not be ashamed to meet him at his coming.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of him.
Knowing him to be righteous, you realise that every one who lives righteously has received the new Life from him.
