1 John 2
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
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;
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
and He is an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
4 One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
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.
5 But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
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.
6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.
7 Brothers, 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 from the beginning.
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.
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.
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.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins are forgiven you.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you know 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 know the Father.
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.
14 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 remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
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.
15 Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
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.
16 For all 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 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.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever. (aiōn g165)
And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who does God's will continues 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.
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.
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. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
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.
20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and have perfect knowledge.
21 I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
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.
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 compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.
23 Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father.
24 Therefore, 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 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.
And this is the promise which He Himself has given us--the Life of the Ages. (aiōnios g166)
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
I have thus written to you concerning those who are leading you astray.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t 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 will remain in him.
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.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Since you know that He is righteous, be assured also that the man who habitually acts righteously is a child of His.
