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 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 et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi.
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata eius observemus.
By this we can be sure that we 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.
Whoever says, “I know him” but 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, truly in him the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him:
6 Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare.
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk just as he walked.
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 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 Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebrae transierunt, et verum lumen iam lucet.
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 Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc.
Whoever says he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.
10 Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est.
Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause 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 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 Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen eius.
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.
13 Scribo vobis patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.
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 Scribo vobis infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis iuvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum.
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 Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea, quae in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est charitas Patris in eo:
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 quoniam omne, quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitae: quae non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.
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 Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia eius. Qui autem facit voluntatem Dei, manet in aeternum. (aiōn g165)
And the world is passing away along with its lusts, but whoever does the will of God abides 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 come, 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 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 Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
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 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 a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.
23 Omnis, qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet. qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet.
No one who denies the Son has the Father.
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.
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 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 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 Et nunc filioli manete in eo: ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu eius.
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 Si scitis quoniam iustus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit iustitiam, ex ipso natus est.
If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
