1 John 2
1 My little children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. And if any man sinneth, 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 propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] 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 And by this we do 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 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not 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 keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this 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 that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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 that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in 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 that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of 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 that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because darkness hath 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 write to you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because ye have known 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 ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked 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 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man loveth the world, the love of the Father 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, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
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 And the world passeth away, and the lust of it: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (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, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist cometh, even now are there many antichrists; by which we know that it is the last time.
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 were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of 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 ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
You, however, have received consecration from the Holy One.
21 I have not written to you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that 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 a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth 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 denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
No one who rejects the Son has found the Father; he who acknowledges the Son has found the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue 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] have I written to you concerning them that seduce you.
In writing thus to you, I have in mind those who are trying to mislead you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received from him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man should teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide 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 And now, little children, abide in him; that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, 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 ye know that he is righteous ye know that every one that doeth 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.
