1 John 2
Christ Our Advocate
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin a we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 b He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but c also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we d keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments e is a liar, and f the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever g keeps his word, in him truly h the love of God is perfected. i By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he j abides in him k ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.The New Commandment
7 Beloved, I am writing you l no new commandment, but m an old commandment n that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is o a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because ▼
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q the darkness is passing away and r the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and s hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him
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there is no u cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and v walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. 12 I am writing to you, little children,because w your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know x him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because y you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because z you know the Father.
14 I write to you, fathers,
because you know aa him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because ab you are strong,
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.
Do Not Love the World
15 ac Do not love the world or the things in the world. ad If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world— ae the desires of the flesh and af the desires of the eyes and pride of life ▼
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—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And ah the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. Warning Concerning Antichrists
18 Children ai it is the last hour, and as you have heard that aj antichrist is coming, so now ak many antichrists have come. al Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 am They went out from us, but they were not of us; for an if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ao that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been ap anointed by aq the Holy One, and ar you all have knowledge. ▼
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21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but at he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is au the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 av No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let aw what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ax you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us
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— az eternal life. 26 I write these things to you about ba those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But bb the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and bc you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and bd is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. Children of God
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that be when he appears bf we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his bg coming. 29 If you know that bh he is righteous, you may be sure that bi everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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