1 John 2
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus Is Our Helper
2 My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone sins, we have Jesus Christ to help us. He always did what was right, so he is able to defend us before God the Father. 2 Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And he is the way all people can have their sins taken away too.
3 If we obey what God has told us to do, then we are sure that we know him. 4 If we say we know God but do not obey his commands, we are lying. The truth is not in us. 5 But when we obey God’s teaching, his love is truly working in us. This is how we know that we are living in him. 6 If we say we live in God, we must live the way Jesus lived.
Jesus Told Us to Love Others
7 My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you. It is the same command you have had since the beginning. This command is the teaching you have already heard. 8 But what I write is also a new command. It is a true one; you can see its truth in Jesus and in yourselves. The darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
9 Someone might say, “I am in the light,” but if they hate any of their brothers or sisters in God’s family, they are still in the darkness. 10 Those who love their brothers and sisters live in the light, and there is nothing in them that will make them do wrong. 11 But whoever hates their brother or sister is in darkness. They live in darkness. They don’t know where they are going, because the darkness has made them blind.
12 I write to you, dear children,
because your sins are forgiven through Christ.
13 I write to you, fathers,
because you know the one who existed from the beginning.
I write to you, young people,
because you have defeated the Evil One.
14 I write to you, children,
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know the one who existed from the beginning.
I write to you, young people,
because you are strong.
The word of God lives in you,
and you have defeated the Evil One.
15 Don’t love this evil world or the things in it. If you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 This is all there is in the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. But none of these comes from the Father. They come from the world. 17 The world is passing away, and all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But whoever does what God wants will live forever.
Don’t Follow the Enemies of Christ
18 My dear children, the end is near! You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming. And now many enemies of Christ are already here. So we know that the end is near. 19 These enemies were in our group, but they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.
20 You have the gift[a] that the Holy One[b] gave you. So you all know the truth. 21 Do you think I am writing this letter because you don’t know the truth? No, I am writing because you do know the truth. And you know that no lie comes from the truth.
22 So who is the liar? It is the one who says Jesus is not the Messiah. Whoever says that is the enemy of Christ—the one who does not believe in the Father or in his Son. 23 Whoever does not believe in the Son does not have the Father, but whoever accepts the Son has the Father too.
24 Be sure that you continue to follow the teaching you heard from the beginning. If you do that, you will always be in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what the Son promised us—eternal life.
26 I am writing this letter about those who are trying to lead you into the wrong way. 27 Christ gave you a special gift. You still have this gift in you. So you don’t need anyone to teach you. The gift he gave you teaches you about everything. It is a true gift, not a false one. So continue to live in Christ, as his gift taught you.
28 Yes, my dear children, live in him. If we do this, we can be without fear on the day when Christ comes again. We will not need to hide and be ashamed when he comes. 29 You know that Christ always did what was right. So you know that all those who do what is right are God’s children.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:20 gift Literally, “anointing.” This might mean the Holy Spirit. Or it might mean teaching or truth as in verse 24. Also in verse 27.
- 1 John 2:20 Holy One God or Christ.
1 Juan 2
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Si Cristo ang Ating Tagapagtanggol
2 Mga anak, isinusulat ko ito sa inyo upang huwag kayong magkasala. Ngunit kung magkasala ang sinuman, may Tagapagtanggol tayo sa Ama, si Jesu-Cristo, ang matuwid. 2 Si Cristo ang handog sa ikapagpapatawad ng mga kasalanan, hindi lamang ang ating mga kasalanan, kundi maging ang kasalanan ng lahat ng tao.
3 Nakakatiyak tayong nakikilala natin ang Diyos kung sinusunod natin ang kanyang mga utos. 4 Ang nagsasabing, “Nakikilala ko siya,” ngunit hindi naman sumusunod sa kanyang mga utos ay sinungaling, at wala sa kanya ang katotohanan. 5 Ngunit ang tumutupad sa salita ng Diyos ay umiibig nang wagas sa Diyos.[a] Sa ganito, nalalaman natin na tayo'y talagang nasa kanya. 6 Sinumang nagsasabing nananatili siya sa Diyos ay dapat mamuhay tulad ng pamumuhay ni Jesu-Cristo.
Ang Bagong Utos
7 Mga(A) minamahal, hindi isang bagong utos ang isinusulat ko sa inyo, kundi ang dating utos na nasa inyo sa simula pa. Ito'y ang mensaheng narinig na ninyo. 8 Ngunit, maituturing na isang bagong utos ang isinusulat ko sa inyo; sapagkat napapawi na ang kadiliman at lumiliwanag na ang tunay na ilaw. Ang katotohanan nito'y nasaksihan sa buhay ni Cristo at nakikita rin naman sa atin.
9 Ang nagsasabing siya'y nasa liwanag ngunit napopoot sa kanyang kapatid ay nasa kadiliman pa. 10 Ang umiibig sa kanyang kapatid ay nananatili sa liwanag, at hindi siya magiging sanhi ng pagkakasala ng iba.[b] 11 Ngunit ang napopoot sa kanyang kapatid ay nasa kadiliman pa. Lumalakad siya sa kadiliman at hindi niya nalalaman ang kanyang pupuntahan, sapagkat binulag siya ng kadiliman.
12 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga anak, sapagkat pinatawad na ang inyong mga kasalanan alang-alang sa kanyang pangalan. 13 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga ama, sapagkat kilala ninyo siya, na sa simula pa'y siya na. Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga kabataan, sapagkat napagtagumpayan na ninyo ang Masama.
14 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga anak, sapagkat kilala ninyo ang Ama. Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga ama, sapagkat kilala ninyo siya, na sa simula pa'y siya na. Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga kabataan, sapagkat malalakas kayo; nananatili sa inyo ang salita ng Diyos, at napagtagumpayan na ninyo ang Masama.
15 Huwag ninyong ibigin ang sanlibutan o ang mga bagay na nasa sanlibutan. Ang umiibig sa sanlibutan ay hindi umiibig sa Ama. 16 Ang lahat ng nasa sanlibutan, ang pagnanasa ng laman, ang pagnanasa ng mga mata, at ang pagmamalaki sa buhay na ito ay hindi nagmumula sa Ama kundi sa sanlibutan. 17 Mawawala ang sanlibutan at ang lahat ng mga bagay na pinagnanasaan ng mga tao, ngunit ang mga sumusunod sa kalooban ng Diyos ay mabubuhay magpakailanman.
Ang Kaaway ni Cristo
18 Mga anak, ito na ang huling panahon! Tulad ng inyong narinig, darating ang kaaway ni Cristo. Ngayon nga'y marami nang lumilitaw na mga kaaway ni Cristo, kaya't alam nating malapit na ang wakas. 19 Kahit na sila'y mga dati nating kasamahan, ang mga taong iyon ay hindi natin tunay na kasama. Sapagkat kung sila'y tunay na atin, nanatili sana silang kasama natin. Ngunit umalis sila upang maging maliwanag na silang lahat ay hindi tunay na kasama natin.
20 Ngunit ipinagkaloob na sa inyo ang Espiritu Santo, at dahil dito, alam na ninyo ang buong katotohanan. 21 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, hindi dahil sa hindi ninyo alam ang katotohanan, kundi dahil alam na ninyo ito, at alam din ninyong walang kasinungalingang nagmumula sa katotohanan.
22 Sino nga ba ang sinungaling? Hindi ba't siya na nagsasabing si Jesus ay hindi ang Cristo? Ang mga nagsasabi nito ay kaaway ni Cristo; hindi nila pinaniniwalaan ang Ama at ang Anak. 23 Ang hindi kumikilala sa Anak ay hindi rin kumikilala sa Ama. Ang kumikilala sa Anak ay kumikilala rin sa Ama.
24 Pakaingatan ninyo sa inyong puso ang narinig ninyo sa simula pa. Kung gagawin ninyo ito, mananatili kayo sa Anak at sa Ama. 25 At ito naman ang ipinangako sa atin ni Cristo, ang buhay na walang hanggan.
26 Isinusulat ko sa inyo ito upang bigyan kayo ng babala laban sa mga taong nagnanais na iligaw kayo. 27 Gayunpaman, ang Espiritu'y ipinagkaloob na ni Cristo sa inyo. At habang ang Espiritu'y nananatili sa inyo, hindi ninyo kakailanganing turuan pa kayo ng iba. Ang Espiritu ang nagtuturo sa inyo tungkol sa lahat ng bagay. Lahat ng itinuturo niya ay totoo, at walang bahid ng kasinungalingan. At tulad ng itinuro ng Espiritu, manatili kayo kay Cristo.
28 Kaya nga, mga anak, manatili kayo sa kanya upang maging panatag ang ating loob sa muling pagparito niya, at nang hindi tayo mahiya sa kanya sa araw na iyon. 29 Kung alam ninyong si Cristo'y masunurin sa kalooban ng Diyos, dapat din ninyong malaman na ang bawat sumusunod sa kalooban ng Diyos ay anak ng Diyos.
1 John 2
King James Version
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.
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