1 John 2
1 Dear children, I write thus to you in order that you may not sin. If any one sins, we have an Advocate with the Father--Jesus Christ the righteous;
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 with the Father—Jesus Christ, the righteous one.
2 and He is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
By this we can be sure that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
4 He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.
Whoever says, “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.
But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him:
6 The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk just as he walked.
7 My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am now giving you, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning. By the old command I mean the teaching which you have already received.
Brothers, I am not writing you a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you have heard from the beginning.
8 And yet I am giving you a new command, for such it really is, so far as both He and you are concerned: because the darkness is now passing away and the light, the true light, is already beginning to shine.
Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
9 Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
10 He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
11 But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going--because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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.
12 I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins are forgiven you.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very 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 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 am writing to you, children, because you know the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and God's Message still has a place in your hearts, and you have overcome the Evil one.
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.
15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart for the Father.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature, the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--they all come, not from the Father, but from the world.
For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but from the world.
17 And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues for ever. (aiōn g165)
And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. (aiōn g165)
18 Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last hour has come.
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
19 They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.
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 they went out so that it might be revealed that they do not belong to us.
20 As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and have perfect knowledge.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
21 I have written to you, not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and you know that nothing false comes from the truth.
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.
22 Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.
Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
23 No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father.
No one who denies the Son has the Father.
24 As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.
Therefore let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the Father.
And this is what he has promised us—eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 I have thus written to you concerning those who are leading you astray.
I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him remains within you, and there is no need for any one to teach you. But since His anointing gives you instruction in all things--and is true and is no falsehood--you are continuing in union with Him even as it has taught you to do.
But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But the same anointing teaches you about all things; it is true, not a lie. So, just as it has taught you, you must abide in him.
28 And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.
And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.
29 Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
