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Fyrsta bréf Jóhannesar 1-5
Icelandic Bible
Fyrsta bréf Jóhannesar 1-5
Icelandic Bible
1 Efni vort er það sem var frá upphafi, það sem vér höfum heyrt, það sem vér höfum séð með augum vorum, það sem vér horfðum á og hendur vorar þreifuðu á, það er orð lífsins.
2 Og lífið var opinberað, og vér höfum séð það og vottum um það og boðum yður lífið eilífa, sem var hjá föðurnum og var opinberað oss.
3 Já, það sem vér höfum séð og heyrt, það boðum vér yður einnig, til þess að þér getið líka haft samfélag við oss. Og samfélag vort er við föðurinn og við son hans Jesú Krist.
4 Þetta skrifum vér til þess að fögnuður vor verði fullkominn.
5 Og þetta er boðskapurinn, sem vér höfum heyrt af honum og boðum yður: "Guð er ljós, og myrkur er alls ekki í honum."
6 Ef vér segjum: "Vér höfum samfélag við hann," og göngum þó í myrkrinu, þá ljúgum vér og iðkum ekki sannleikann.
7 En ef vér göngum í ljósinu, eins og hann er sjálfur í ljósinu, þá höfum vér samfélag hver við annan og blóð Jesú, sonar hans, hreinsar oss af allri synd.
8 Ef vér segjum: "Vér höfum ekki synd," þá svíkjum vér sjálfa oss og sannleikurinn er ekki í oss.
9 Ef vér játum syndir vorar, þá er hann trúr og réttlátur, svo að hann fyrirgefur oss syndirnar og hreinsar oss af öllu ranglæti.
10 Ef vér segjum: "Vér höfum ekki syndgað," þá gjörum vér hann að lygara og orð hans er ekki í oss.
2 Börnin mín! Þetta skrifa ég yður til þess að þér skuluð ekki syndga. En ef einhver syndgar, þá höfum vér árnaðarmann hjá föðurnum, Jesú Krist, hinn réttláta.
2 Hann er friðþæging fyrir syndir vorar og ekki einungis fyrir vorar syndir, heldur líka fyrir syndir alls heimsins.
3 Og á því vitum vér, að vér þekkjum hann, ef vér höldum boðorð hans.
4 Sá sem segir: "Ég þekki hann," og heldur ekki boðorð hans, er lygari og sannleikurinn er ekki í honum.
5 En hver sem varðveitir orð hans, í honum er sannarlega kærleikur til Guðs orðinn fullkominn. Af því þekkjum vér, að vér erum í honum.
6 Þeim sem segist vera stöðugur í honum, honum ber sjálfum að breyta eins og hann breytti.
7 Þér elskaðir, það er ekki nýtt boðorð, sem ég rita yður, heldur gamalt boðorð, sem þér hafið haft frá upphafi. Hið gamla boðorð er orðið, sem þér heyrðuð.
8 Engu að síður er það nýtt boðorð, er ég rita yður, sem er augljóst í honum og í yður, því að myrkrið er að hverfa og hið sanna ljós er þegar farið að skína.
9 Sá sem segist vera í ljósinu og hatar bróður sinn, hann er enn þá í myrkrinu.
10 Sá sem elskar bróður sinn, hann er stöðugur í ljósinu og í honum er ekkert, er leitt geti hann til falls.
11 En sá sem hatar bróður sinn, hann er í myrkrinu og lifir í myrkrinu og veit ekki hvert hann fer, því að myrkrið hefur blindað augu hans.
12 Ég rita yður, börnin mín, af því að syndir yðar eru yður fyrirgefnar fyrir sakir nafns hans.
13 Ég rita yður, þér feður, af því að þér þekkið hann, sem er frá upphafi. Ég rita yður, þér ungu menn, af því að þér hafið sigrað hinn vonda.
14 Ég hef ritað yður, börn, af því að þér þekkið föðurinn. Ég hef ritað yður, feður, af því að þér þekkið hann, sem er frá upphafi. Ég hef ritað yður, ungu menn, af því að þér eruð styrkir og Guðs orð er stöðugt í yður og þér hafið sigrað hinn vonda.
15 Elskið ekki heiminn, ekki heldur þá hluti, sem í heiminum eru. Sá sem elskar heiminn, á ekki í sér kærleika til föðurins.
16 Því að allt það, sem í heiminum er, fýsn holdsins og fýsn augnanna og auðæfa-oflæti, það er ekki frá föðurnum, heldur er það frá heiminum.
17 Og heimurinn fyrirferst og fýsn hans, en sá, sem gjörir Guðs vilja, varir að eilífu.
18 Börn mín, það er hin síðasta stund. Þér hafið heyrt að andkristur kemur, og nú eru líka margir andkristar komnir fram. Af því vitum vér, að það er hin síðasta stund.
19 Þeir komu úr vorum hópi, en heyrðu oss ekki til. Ef þeir hefðu heyrt oss til, þá hefðu þeir áfram verið með oss. En þetta varð til þess að augljóst yrði, að enginn þeirra heyrði oss til.
20 En þér hafið smurning frá hinum heilaga og vitið þetta allir.
21 Ég hef ekki skrifað yður vegna þess, að þér þekkið ekki sannleikann, heldur af því að þér þekkið hann og af því að engin lygi getur komið frá sannleikanum.
22 Hver er lygari, ef ekki sá sem neitar, að Jesús sé Kristur? Sá er andkristurinn, sem afneitar föðurnum og syninum.
23 Hver sem afneitar syninum hefur ekki heldur fundið föðurinn. Sá sem játar soninn hefur og fundið föðurinn.
24 En þér, látið það vera stöðugt í yður, sem þér hafið heyrt frá upphafi. Ef það er stöðugt í yður, sem þér frá upphafi hafið heyrt, þá munuð þér einnig vera stöðugir í syninum og í föðurnum.
25 Og þetta er fyrirheitið, sem hann gaf oss: Hið eilífa líf.
26 Þetta hef ég skrifað yður um þá, sem eru að leiða yður afvega.
27 Og sú smurning, sem þér fenguð af honum, hún er stöðug í yður, og þér þurfið þess ekki, að neinn kenni yður, því smurning hans fræðir yður um allt, hún er sannleiki, en engin lygi. Verið stöðugir í honum, eins og hún kenndi yður.
28 Og nú, börnin mín, verið stöðug í honum, til þess að vér getum, þegar hann birtist, átt djörfung og blygðumst vor ekki fyrir honum, þegar hann kemur.
29 Þér vitið, að hann er réttlátur. Þá skiljið þér einnig, að hver sem iðkar réttlætið, er fæddur af honum.
3 Sjáið hvílíkan kærleika faðirinn hefur auðsýnt oss, að vér skulum kallast Guðs börn. Og það erum vér. Heimurinn þekkir oss ekki, vegna þess að hann þekkti hann ekki.
2 Þér elskaðir, nú þegar erum vér Guðs börn, og það er enn þá ekki orðið bert, hvað vér munum verða. Vér vitum, að þegar hann birtist, þá munum vér verða honum líkir, því að vér munum sjá hann eins og hann er.
3 Hver sem hefur þessa von til hans hreinsar sjálfan sig, eins og Kristur er hreinn.
4 Hver sem synd drýgir fremur og lögmálsbrot. Syndin er lögmálsbrot.
5 Þér vitið, að Kristur birtist til þess að taka burt syndir. Í honum er engin synd.
6 Hver sem er stöðugur í honum syndgar ekki, hver sem syndgar hefur ekki séð hann og þekkir hann ekki heldur.
7 Börnin mín, látið engan villa yður. Sá sem iðkar réttlætið er réttlátur, eins og Kristur er réttlátur.
8 Hver sem synd drýgir heyrir djöflinum til, því að djöfullinn syndgar frá upphafi. Til þess birtist Guðs sonur, að hann skyldi brjóta niður verk djöfulsins.
9 Hver sem af Guði er fæddur drýgir ekki synd, því að það, sem Guð hefur í hann sáð, varir í honum. Hann getur ekki syndgað, af því að hann er fæddur af Guði.
10 Af þessu eru augljós börn Guðs og börn djöfulsins. Sá sem iðkar ekki réttlætið og elskar ekki bróður sinn heyrir ekki Guði til.
11 Því að þetta er sá boðskapur, sem þér hafið heyrt frá upphafi: Vér eigum að elska hver annan.
12 Ekki vera eins og Kain, sem heyrði hinum vonda til og myrti bróður sinn. Og af hverju myrti hann hann? Af því að verk hans voru vond, en verk bróður hans réttlát.
13 Undrist ekki, bræður, þótt heimurinn hati yður.
14 Vér vitum, að vér erum komnir yfir frá dauðanum til lífsins, af því að vér elskum bræður vora. Sá sem ekki elskar er áfram í dauðanum.
15 Hver sem hatar bróður sinn er manndrápari og þér vitið, að enginn manndrápari hefur eilíft líf í sér.
16 Af því þekkjum vér kærleikann, að Jesús lét lífið fyrir oss. Svo eigum vér og að láta lífið fyrir bræðurna.
17 Ef sá, sem hefur heimsins gæði, horfir á bróður sinn vera þurfandi og lýkur aftur hjarta sínu fyrir honum, hvernig getur kærleikur til Guðs verið stöðugur í honum?
18 Börnin mín, elskum ekki með tómum orðum, heldur í verki og sannleika.
19 Af þessu munum vér þekkja, að vér erum sannleikans megin og munum geta friðað hjörtu vor frammi fyrir honum,
20 hvað sem hjarta vort kann að dæma oss fyrir. Því að Guð er meiri en hjarta vort og þekkir alla hluti.
21 Þér elskaðir, ef hjartað dæmir oss ekki, þá höfum vér djörfung til Guðs.
22 Og hvað sem vér biðjum um fáum vér hjá honum, af því að vér höldum boðorð hans og gjörum það, sem honum er þóknanlegt.
23 Og þetta er hans boðorð, að vér skulum trúa á nafn sonar hans Jesú Krists og elska hver annan, samkvæmt því sem hann hefur gefið oss boðorð um.
24 Sá sem heldur boðorð Guðs er stöðugur í Guði og Guð í honum. Að hann er stöðugur í oss þekkjum vér af andanum, sem hann hefur gefið oss.
4 Þér elskaðir, trúið ekki sérhverjum anda, heldur reynið andana, hvort þeir séu frá Guði. Því margir falsspámenn eru farnir út í heiminn.
2 Af þessu getið þér þekkt anda Guðs: Sérhver andi, sem játar, að Jesús sé Kristur kominn í holdi, er frá Guði.
3 En sérhver andi, sem ekki játar Jesú, er ekki frá Guði. Hann er andkristsins andi, sem þér hafið heyrt um að komi, og nú þegar er hann í heiminum.
4 Þér börnin mín, heyrið Guði til og hafið sigrað falsspámennina, því að sá er meiri, sem í yður er, en sá, sem er í heiminum.
5 Falsspámennirnir heyra heiminum til. Þess vegna tala þeir eins og heimurinn talar, og heimurinn hlýðir á þá.
6 Vér heyrum Guði til. Hver sem þekkir Guð hlýðir á oss. Sá sem ekki heyrir Guði til hlýðir ekki á oss. Af þessu þekkjum vér sundur anda sannleikans og anda villunnar.
7 Þér elskaðir, elskum hver annan, því að kærleikurinn er frá Guði kominn, og hver sem elskar er af Guði fæddur og þekkir Guð.
8 Sá sem ekki elskar þekkir ekki Guð, því að Guð er kærleikur.
9 Í því birtist kærleikur Guðs meðal vor, að Guð hefur sent einkason sinn í heiminn til þess að vér skyldum lifa fyrir hann.
10 Þetta er kærleikurinn: Ekki að vér elskuðum Guð, heldur að hann elskaði oss og sendi son sinn til að vera friðþæging fyrir syndir vorar.
11 Þér elskaðir, fyrst Guð hefur svo elskað oss, þá ber einnig oss að elska hver annan.
12 Enginn hefur nokkurn tíma séð Guð. Ef vér elskum hver annan, þá er Guð stöðugur í oss og kærleikur hans er fullkomnaður í oss.
13 Vér þekkjum, að vér erum stöðugir í honum og hann í oss, af því að hann hefur gefið oss af sínum anda.
14 Vér höfum séð og vitnum, að faðirinn hefur sent soninn til að vera frelsari heimsins.
15 Hver sem játar, að Jesús sé Guðs sonur, í honum er Guð stöðugur og hann í Guði.
16 Vér þekkjum kærleikann, sem Guð hefur á oss, og trúum á hann. Guð er kærleikur, og sá sem er stöðugur í kærleikanum er stöðugur í Guði og Guð er stöðugur í honum.
17 Með því er kærleikurinn orðinn fullkominn hjá oss, að vér höfum djörfung á degi dómsins, því að vér erum í þessum heimi eins og hann er.
18 Ótti er ekki í elskunni. Fullkomin elska rekur út óttann. Því að óttinn felur í sér hegningu, en sá sem óttast er ekki fullkominn í elskunni.
19 Vér elskum, því að hann elskaði oss að fyrra bragði.
20 Ef einhver segir: "Ég elska Guð," og hatar bróður sinn, sá er lygari. Því að sá sem elskar ekki bróður sinn, sem hann hefur séð, getur ekki elskað Guð, sem hann hefur ekki séð.
21 Og þetta boðorð höfum vér frá honum, að sá sem elskar Guð á einnig að elska bróður sinn.
5 Hver sem trúir, að Jesús sé Kristur, er af Guði fæddur, og hver sem elskar föðurinn elskar einnig barn hans.
2 Að vér elskum Guðs börn þekkjum vér af því, að vér elskum Guð og breytum eftir boðorðum hans.
3 Því að í þessu birtist elskan til Guðs, að vér höldum hans boðorð. Og boðorð hans eru ekki þung,
4 því að allt, sem af Guði er fætt, sigrar heiminn, og trú vor, hún er sigurinn, hún hefur sigrað heiminn.
5 Hver er sá, sem sigrar heiminn, nema sá sem trúir, að Jesús sé sonur Guðs?
6 Hann er sá sem kom með vatni og blóði, Jesús Kristur. Ekki með vatninu einungis, heldur með vatninu og með blóðinu. Og andinn er sá sem vitnar, því að andinn er sannleikurinn.
7 Því að þrír eru þeir sem vitna [í himninum: Faðirinn, orðið og heilagur andi, og þessir þrír eru eitt. Og þeir eru þrír sem vitna á jörðunni:]
8 Andinn og vatnið og blóðið, og þeim þremur ber saman.
9 Vér tökum manna vitnisburð gildan, en vitnisburður Guðs er meiri. Þetta er vitnisburður Guðs, hann hefur vitnað um son sinn.
10 Sá sem trúir á Guðs son hefur vitnisburðinn í sjálfum sér. Sá sem ekki trúir Guði hefur gjört hann að lygara, af því að hann hefur ekki trúað á þann vitnisburð, sem Guð hefur vitnað um son sinn.
11 Og þetta er vitnisburðurinn, að Guð hefur gefið oss eilíft líf og þetta líf er í syni hans.
12 Sá sem hefur soninn á lífið, sá sem ekki hefur Guðs son á ekki lífið.
13 Þetta hef ég skrifað yður, sem trúið á nafn Guðs sonar, til þess að þér vitið, að þér hafið eilíft líf.
14 Og þetta er sú djörfung, sem vér höfum til hans: Ef vér biðjum um eitthvað eftir hans vilja, þá heyrir hann oss.
15 Og ef vér vitum, að hann heyrir oss, um hvað sem vér biðjum, þá vitum vér, að oss eru veittar þær bænir, sem vér höfum beðið hann um.
16 Ef einhver sér bróður sinn drýgja synd, sem er ekki til dauða, þá skal hann biðja, og Guð mun gefa honum líf, þeim sem ekki syndgar til dauða. Til er synd til dauða. Fyrir henni segi ég ekki að hann skuli biðja.
17 Allt ranglæti er synd, en til er synd, sem ekki er til dauða.
18 Vér vitum, að hver sem af Guði er fæddur syndgar ekki, sá sem af Guði er fæddur varðveitir hann og hinn vondi snertir hann ekki.
19 Vér vitum, að vér tilheyrum Guði og allur heimurinn er á valdi hins vonda.
20 Vér vitum, að Guðs sonur er kominn og hefur gefið oss skilning, til þess að vér þekkjum sannan Guð. Vér erum í hinum sanna Guði fyrir samfélag vort við son hans Jesú Krist. Hann er hinn sanni Guð og eilífa lífið.
1 John 1-5
New International Version
1 John 1-5
New International Version
The Incarnation of the Word of Life
1 That which was from the beginning,(A) which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,(B) which we have looked at and our hands have touched(C)—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared;(D) we have seen it and testify to it,(E) and we proclaim to you the eternal life,(F) which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,(G) so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.(H) 4 We write this(I) to make our[a] joy complete.(J)
Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness
5 This is the message we have heard(K) from him and declare to you: God is light;(L) in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(M) we lie and do not live out the truth.(N) 7 But if we walk in the light,(O) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.(P)
8 If we claim to be without sin,(Q) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(R) 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(S) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(T) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(U) we make him out to be a liar(V) and his word is not in us.(W)
2 My dear children,(X) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(Y) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(Z) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(AA)
Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers
3 We know(AB) that we have come to know him(AC) if we keep his commands.(AD) 4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(AE) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(AF) 5 But if anyone obeys his word,(AG) love for God[c] is truly made complete in them.(AH) This is how we know(AI) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(AJ)
7 Dear friends,(AK) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(AL) This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command;(AM) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(AN) and the true light(AO) is already shining.(AP)
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[d](AQ) is still in the darkness.(AR) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[e] lives in the light,(AS) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(AT) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(AU) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(AV) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(AW)
Reasons for Writing
12 I am writing to you, dear children,(AX)
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.(AY)
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.(AZ)
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome(BA) the evil one.(BB)
14 I write to you, dear children,(BC)
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.(BD)
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,(BE)
and the word of God(BF) lives in you,(BG)
and you have overcome the evil one.(BH)
On Not Loving the World
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(BI) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[f] is not in them.(BJ) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(BK) the lust of the eyes,(BL) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away,(BM) but whoever does the will of God(BN) lives forever.
Warnings Against Denying the Son
18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(BO) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(BP) even now many antichrists have come.(BQ) This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us,(BR) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(BS)
20 But you have an anointing(BT) from the Holy One,(BU) and all of you know the truth.[g](BV) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(BW) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(BX) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(BY)
24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(BZ) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(CA) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(CB)
26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.(CC) 27 As for you, the anointing(CD) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things(CE) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(CF)
God’s Children and Sin
28 And now, dear children,(CG) continue in him, so that when he appears(CH) we may be confident(CI) and unashamed before him at his coming.(CJ)
29 If you know that he is righteous,(CK) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(CL)
3 See what great love(CM) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(CN) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(CO) 2 Dear friends,(CP) now we are children of God,(CQ) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[h](CR) we shall be like him,(CS) for we shall see him as he is.(CT) 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(CU) just as he is pure.(CV)
4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(CW) 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(CX) And in him is no sin.(CY) 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(CZ) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(DA) or known him.(DB)
7 Dear children,(DC) do not let anyone lead you astray.(DD) The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.(DE) 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(DF) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(DG) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(DH) 9 No one who is born of God(DI) will continue to sin,(DJ) because God’s seed(DK) remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God(DL) are and who the children of the devil(DM) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(DN) their brother and sister.(DO)
More on Love and Hatred
11 For this is the message you heard(DP) from the beginning:(DQ) We should love one another.(DR) 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(DS) and murdered his brother.(DT) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(DU) 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[i] if the world hates you.(DV) 14 We know that we have passed from death to life,(DW) because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.(DX) 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(DY) is a murderer,(DZ) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(EA)
16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.(EB) And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.(EC) 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them,(ED) how can the love of God be in that person?(EE) 18 Dear children,(EF) let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.(EG)
19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends,(EH) if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God(EI) 22 and receive from him anything we ask,(EJ) because we keep his commands(EK) and do what pleases him.(EL) 23 And this is his command: to believe(EM) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(EN) and to love one another as he commanded us.(EO) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(EP) lives in him,(EQ) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(ER)
On Denying the Incarnation
4 Dear friends,(ES) do not believe every spirit,(ET) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(EU) 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(EV) is from God,(EW) 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(EX) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(EY)
4 You, dear children,(EZ) are from God and have overcome them,(FA) because the one who is in you(FB) is greater than the one who is in the world.(FC) 5 They are from the world(FD) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.(FE) This is how we recognize the Spirit[j] of truth(FF) and the spirit of falsehood.(FG)
God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another,(FH) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(FI) and knows God.(FJ) 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(FK) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(FL) into the world that we might live through him.(FM) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(FN) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(FO) 11 Dear friends,(FP) since God so loved us,(FQ) we also ought to love one another.(FR) 12 No one has ever seen God;(FS) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(FT)
13 This is how we know(FU) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(FV) 14 And we have seen and testify(FW) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(FX) 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(FY) God lives in them and they in God.(FZ) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.(GA) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(GB) 17 This is how love is made complete(GC) among us so that we will have confidence(GD) on the day of judgment:(GE) In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,(GF) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us.(GG) 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(GH) is a liar.(GI) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(GJ) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(GK) 21 And he has given us this command:(GL) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(GM)
Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
5 Everyone who believes(GN) that Jesus is the Christ(GO) is born of God,(GP) and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.(GQ) 2 This is how we know(GR) that we love the children of God:(GS) by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(GT) And his commands are not burdensome,(GU) 4 for everyone born of God(GV) overcomes(GW) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(GX)
6 This is the one who came by water and blood(GY)—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.(GZ) 7 For there are three(HA) that testify: 8 the[k] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony,(HB) but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God,(HC) which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony.(HD) Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar,(HE) because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,(HF) and this life is in his Son.(HG) 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.(HH)
Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God(HI) so that you may know that you have eternal life.(HJ) 14 This is the confidence(HK) we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.(HL) 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know(HM) that we have what we asked of him.(HN)
16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life.(HO) I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death.(HP) I am not saying that you should pray about that.(HQ) 17 All wrongdoing is sin,(HR) and there is sin that does not lead to death.(HS)
18 We know that anyone born of God(HT) does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one(HU) cannot harm them.(HV) 19 We know that we are children of God,(HW) and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.(HX) 20 We know also that the Son of God has come(HY) and has given us understanding,(HZ) so that we may know him who is true.(IA) And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.(IB)
Footnotes
- 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
- 1 John 1:7 Or every
- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
- 1 John 2:9 The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
- 1 John 2:10 The Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
- 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
- 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things
- 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known
- 1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.
- 1 John 4:6 Or spirit
- 1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)
1 John 1-5
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1 John 1-5
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1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
3 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
5 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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