1 John 2:3-27

New King James Version

The Test of Knowing Him

³Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. ⁴He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a ^(A)liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵But ^(B)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God ^[a]is perfected ^(C)in him. By this we know that we are in Him. ⁶^(D)He who says he abides in Him ^(E)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

⁷^[b]Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(F)from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard ^[c]from the beginning. ⁸Again, ^(G)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, ^(H)because the darkness is passing away, and ^(I)the true light is already shining.

⁹^(J)He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. ¹⁰^(K)He who loves his brother abides in the light, and ^(L)there is no cause for stumbling in him. ¹¹But he who ^(M)hates his brother is in darkness and ^(N)walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Their Spiritual State

¹²I write to you, little children,
Because ^(O)your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
¹³I write to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is ^(P)from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
Because you have overcome the wicked one.
I write to you, little children,
Because you have ^(Q)known the Father.
¹⁴I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because ^(R)you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.

Do Not Love the World

¹⁵^(S)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(T)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, ^(U)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. ¹⁷And ^(V)the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Deceptions of the Last Hour

¹⁸^(W)Little children, ^(X)it is the last hour; and as you have heard that ^(Y)the^[d] Antichrist is coming, ^(Z)even now many antichrists have come, by which we know ^(AA)that it is the last hour. ¹⁹^(AB)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(AC)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out ^(AD)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

²⁰But ^(AE)you have an anointing ^(AF)from the Holy One, and ^(AG)you^[e] know all things. ²¹I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

²²^(AH)Who is a liar but he who denies that ^(AI)Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. ²³^(AJ)Whoever denies the Son does not have the ^(AK)Father either; ^(AL)he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Let Truth Abide in You

²⁴Therefore let that abide in you ^(AM)which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, ^(AN)you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵^(AO)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

²⁶These things I have written to you concerning those who try to ^[f]deceive you. ²⁷But the ^(AP)anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and ^(AQ)you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing ^(AR)teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you ^[g]will abide in Him.

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1 John 2:5 has been completed
1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
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1 John 2:20 NU you all know.
1 John 2:26 lead you astray
1 John 2:27 NU omits will

Psalm 147

New King James Version

Praise to God for His Word and Providence

147 Praise^[a] the Lord!
For ^(A)it is good to sing praises to our God;
^(B)For it is pleasant, and ^(C)praise is beautiful.

²The Lord ^(D)builds up Jerusalem;
^(E)He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
³^(F)He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ^[b]wounds.
⁴^(G)He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
⁵^(H)Great is our Lord, and ^(I)mighty in power;
^(J)His understanding is infinite.
⁶^(K)The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
⁸^(L)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
⁹^(M)He gives to the beast its food,
And ^(N)to the young ravens that cry.

¹⁰^(O)He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.

¹²Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
¹⁴^(P)He makes peace in your borders,
And ^(Q)fills you with ^[c]the finest wheat.

¹⁵^(R)He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
¹⁶^(S)He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
¹⁷He casts out His hail like ^[d]morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
¹⁸^(T)He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁹^(U)He declares His word to Jacob,
^(V)His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
²⁰^(W)He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.