Iohannis I 2
1 Filioli mei, haec scribo vobis, ut non peccetis. Sed et si quis peccaverit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Iesum Christum iustum:
My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you not sin; if someone does sin, we have an Advocate in the Father's presence, righteous Jesus Christ—
2 et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi.
also, He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; not concerning ours only but also concerning those of the whole world.
3 Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata eius observemus.
Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
4 Qui dicit se nosse Deum, et mandata eius non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est.
He who says, “I have come to know Him,” yet does not keep His commandments, is a liar and the Truth is not in him.
5 Qui autem servat verbum eius, vere in hoc charitas Dei perfecta est: et in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus.
But whoever keeps His Word, God's love has truly been perfected in him: by this we know that we are in Him.
6 Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare.
He who claims to be abiding in Him really needs to act just like He acted.
7 Charissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio: Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.
Brothers, I am not writing a new commandment to you but an old one that you have had from the beginning; this old commandment is the word that you have heard from the beginning.
8 Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebrae transierunt, et verum lumen iam lucet.
Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
9 Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc.
He who claims to be in the Light while hating his brother is in the darkness until now.
10 Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est.
He who keeps on loving his brother is staying in the Light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
11 Qui autem odit fratrem suum, in tenebris est, et in tenebris ambulat, et nescit quo eat: quia tenebrae obcaecaverunt oculos eius.
But he who keeps on hating his brother is in the darkness and keeps walking in the darkness; he does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen eius.
Dear children, I am writing to you because your sins have been forgiven for His name's sake
13 Scribo vobis patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.
—fathers, I am writing to you because you have come to know Him who is from the beginning; young men, I am writing to you because you have overcome the evil one; children, I am writing to you because you have come to know the Father—
14 Scribo vobis infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis iuvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum.
fathers, I have written to you because you have come to know Him who is from the beginning; young men, I have written to you because you are strong, and the Word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea, quae in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est charitas Patris in eo:
Do not love the world, neither the things in the world; if anyone loves the world, the Father's love is not in him.
16 quoniam omne, quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitae: quae non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.
Because everything in the world—the craving of the flesh and the craving of the eyes and the pretension of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia eius. Qui autem facit voluntatem Dei, manet in aeternum. (aiōn g165)
The world, with its craving, is passing away, but he who does God's will remains forever. (aiōn g165)
18 Filioli, novissima hora est: et sicut audistis quia Antichristus venit: et nunc Antichristi multi facti sunt; unde scimus, quia novissima hora est.
Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared, by which we know that it is the last hour.
19 Ex nobis prodierunt, sed non erant ex nobis. nam, si fuissent ex nobis, permansissent utique nobiscum: sed ut manifesti sint quoniam non sunt omnes ex nobis.
They went out from us but were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us—they left so that they might be exposed, that none of them were of us.
20 Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia.
You have an Anointing from the Holy One and understand all.
21 Non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem, sed quasi scientibus eam: et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est.
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the Truth.
22 Quis est mendax, nisi is, qui negat quoniam Iesus est Christus? Hic est Antichristus, qui negat Patrem, et Filium.
Who is the liar but the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, the one denying the Father and the Son.
23 Omnis, qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet. qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet.
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either.
24 Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat: Quia si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio, et Patre manebitis.
So you, let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you; if what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Father and in the Son.
This is the promise that He Himself promised us—the eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Haec scripsi vobis de his, qui seducant vos.
I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you;
27 Et unctionem, quam accepistis ab eo, maneat in vobis. Et non necesse habetis ut aliquis doceat vos: sed sicut unctio eius docet vos de omnibus, et verum est, et non est mendacium. Et sicut docuit vos: manete in eo.
but really, you do not need anyone to teach you, because the Anointing that you received from Him abides in you; further, as the same Anointing teaches you concerning all things, and it is true and no lie—well just as He has taught you, you will abide in Him.
28 Et nunc filioli manete in eo: ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu eius.
And now, dear children, do abide in Him, so that whenever He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
29 Si scitis quoniam iustus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit iustitiam, ex ipso natus est.
If you have understood that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been begotten by Him.
