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1 John 2
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
1 John 2
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 My little children, I write you these things so that you may not violate God’s law and sin. But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate (One Who will intercede for us) with the Father—[it is] Jesus Christ [the all] righteous [upright, just, Who conforms to the Father’s will in every purpose, thought, and action].
2 And He [[a]that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
3 And this is how we may discern [[b]daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand, and become better acquainted with Him]: if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments).
4 Whoever says, I know Him [I perceive, recognize, understand, and am acquainted with Him] but fails to keep and obey His commandments (teachings) is a liar, and the Truth [[c]of the Gospel] is not in him.
5 But he who keeps (treasures) His Word [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the love of and for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize, and be sure) that we are in Him:
6 Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as [d]a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself.
7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the message which you have heard [the [e]doctrine of salvation through Christ].
8 Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true (is realized) in Him and in you, because the darkness ([f]moral blindness) is clearing away and the true Light ([g]the revelation of God in Christ) is already shining.
9 Whoever says he is in the Light and [yet] hates his brother [Christian, [h]born-again child of God his Father] is in darkness even until now.
10 Whoever loves his brother [believer] abides (lives) in the Light, and in It or in him there is no occasion for stumbling or cause for error or sin.
11 But he who hates (detests, despises) his brother [[i]in Christ] is in darkness and walking (living) in the dark; he is straying and does not perceive or know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 I am writing to you, little children, because for His name’s sake your sins are forgiven [pardoned through His name and on account of confessing His name].
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know (recognize, be aware of, and understand) Him Who [has existed] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have been victorious over the wicked [one]. I write to you, [j]boys (lads), because you have come to know (recognize and be aware) of the Father.
14 I write to you, fathers, because you have come to know (recognize, be conscious of, and understand) Him Who [has existed] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong and vigorous, and the Word of God is [always] abiding in you (in your hearts), and you have been victorious over the wicked one.
15 Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one’s own resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself].
17 And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever.
18 [k]Boys (lads), it is the last time (hour, the end of this age). And as you have heard that the antichrist [he who will oppose Christ in the guise of Christ] is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, which confirms our belief that it is the final (the end) time.
19 They went out from our number, but they did not [really] belong to us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But [they withdrew] that it might be plain that they all are not of us.
20 But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from] the Holy One, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things.
21 I write to you not because you are ignorant and do not perceive and know the Truth, but because you do perceive and know it, and [know positively] that nothing false (no deception, no lie) is of the Truth.
22 Who is [such a] liar as he who denies that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)? He is the antichrist (the antagonist of Christ), who [[l]habitually] denies and refuses to acknowledge the Father and the Son.
23 No one who [[m]habitually] denies (disowns) the Son [n]even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also.
24 As for you, keep in your hearts what you have heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the first dwells and remains in you, then you will dwell in the Son and in the Father [always].
25 And this is what He Himself has promised us—the life, the eternal [life].
26 I write this to you with reference to those who would deceive you [seduce and lead you astray].
27 But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [[o]permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being [p]rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do].
28 And now, little children, abide (live, remain [q]permanently) in Him, so that when He is made visible, we may have and enjoy perfect confidence (boldness, assurance) and not be ashamed and shrink from Him at His coming.
29 If you know (perceive and are sure) that He [Christ] is [absolutely] righteous [conforming to the Father’s will in purpose, thought, and action], you may also know (be sure) that everyone who does righteously [and is therefore in like manner conformed to the divine will] is born (begotten) of Him [[r]God].
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:2 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:3 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:4 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 1 John 2:6 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:7 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 1 John 2:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:8 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:9 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 1 John 2:11 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 1 John 2:13 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 1 John 2:18 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
- 1 John 2:22 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:23 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:23 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- 1 John 2:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 John 2:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 John 2:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- 1 John 2:29 Brooke F. Westcott, The Epistles of Saint John: When John thinks of God in relation to men, he never thinks of Him apart from Christ.
1 Johannesbrevet 2
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
1 Johannesbrevet 2
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
2 Mina kära barn, jag berättar detta för er för att ni ska hålla er borta från synden. Men om ni syndar, finns det någon som ber för er inför Fadern. Hans namn är Jesus Kristus, den ende som är alltigenom god och som helt gör Guds vilja.
2 Det var han som tog straffet för våra synder på sig och förde oss in i gemenskap med Gud. Genom honom får vi förlåtelse för våra synder, och inte bara vi, utan hela världen.
3 Hur kan vi vara säkra på att vi tillhör honom? Jo, genom att hålla hans bud. Försöker vi då verkligen göra vad han vill att vi ska göra?
4 Någon kanske säger: Jag är kristen. Jag är på väg till himlen. Jag tillhör Jesus. Men om han inte gör vad Jesus har sagt att han ska göra, är han en lögnare.
5 Den däremot som lyder hans ord lever ett liv genomlyst av Guds kärlek. Så kan ni alltså veta om ni är kristna eller inte.
6 Den som säger att han är kristen måste leva som Kristus gjorde.
7 Kära bröder, det är inte något nytt bud jag skriver till er om. Det är ett gammalt bud, som ni alltid har haft, ända från början. Ni har hört det förut.
8 Ändå är det nytt, för genom Jesus och hans exempel blev det verklighet och så är det också i era liv. När vi älskar varandra försvinner mörkret i våra liv, och det nya ljuset från livet i Jesus Kristus har börjat lysa.
9 Den som säger att han vandrar i det ljuset men hatar sin kristne bror, han är fortfarande kvar i mörkret.
10 Men den som älskar sin kristne bror vandrar i ljuset och kan se hur han går och behöver inte snubbla i mörkret och falla i synd.
11 Den som hatar sin kristne bror vandrar däremot omkring i andligt mörker och vet inte vart han går, för mörkret har förblindat honom så att han inte kan se vägen.
Älska inte denna onda värld
12 Jag skriver detta till er alla, mina kära barn, för era synder har blivit förlåtna i Jesus, vår Frälsares, namn.
13 Det gäller er som har vandrat länge med Herren och väl känner honom som är evig. Det gäller er som står starka efter att ha vunnit er kamp mot Satan.
14 Ja, det gäller er som nyligen har lärt känna Gud, vår Far, liksom det gäller er som känner honom väl sedan många år, och er som är starka i er tro och som med Guds ord i er har vunnit er kamp mot Satan.
15 Sluta att älska denna onda värld och allt den erbjuder er. Om ni älskar den visar det att Guds kärlek inte behärskar era liv.
16-17 Allt vad världen har av självförverkligande, habegär och statussymboler kommer nämligen inte från Gud. Det kommer från den onda värld som ska försvinna tillsammans med allt som tillhör den. Men den som fortsätter att göra Guds vilja ska leva i evighet.
Antikrist kommer
18 Kära barn, den här världens sista timme är slagen. Ni har hört om att Antikrist ska komma - han som är emot Kristus. Många som representerar honom har vi redan sett. Det gör oss ännu mer övertygade om att tidens slut är nära.
19 Dessa kristusfientliga människor har varit medlemmar i våra församlingar, men var egentligen aldrig en del av oss. Genom att lämna oss bevisade de att de inte alls tillhör oss.
20 Men ni är inte sådana, för den helige Ande har kommit till er, och ni känner till sanningen.
21 Därför skriver jag inte till er som jag skulle göra till dem som behöver lära känna sanningen, men jag vill varna er, eftersom ni kan skilja mellan sant och falskt.
22 Vem är den störste lögnaren? Är det inte den som säger att Jesus inte är Kristus. Det är Antikrist, som därmed förnekar både Fadern och Sonen.
23 Den som inte tror på Jesus Kristus, Guds Son, kan inte heller ha gemenskap med Fadern. Men den som har gemenskap med Sonen har det också med Fadern.
24 Fortsätt därför att tro det som ni har blivit undervisade om från början. Då kommer ni alltid att leva i nära gemenskap både med Gud Fadern, och med hans Son.
25 Då har vi också del i hans löfte till oss om evigt liv.
26 Dessa anmärkningar om Antikrist är riktade särskilt till dem som gärna vill binda för era ögon och leda er vilse.
27 Men ni har tagit emot den helige Ande, och när han bor i er behöver ni ingen annan som talar om för er vad som är rätt. Han undervisar er nämligen om allt, och han är Sanningen. Se till att han får leva i er och att ni gör vad han har sagt.
28 Ja, mina kära barn, lev kvar i gemenskap med Kristus. Då vet ni att allt står rätt till med er när han kommer och att vi inte behöver skämmas för att möta honom utan med glädje kan se honom i ögonen.
29 Eftersom vi vet att Gud alltid är god och bara handlar rätt, så kan vi med all rätt veta att alla som handlar rätt är hans barn.
1 John 2
New International Version
1 John 2
New International Version
2 My dear children,(A) I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate(B) with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(C) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(D)
Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers
3 We know(E) that we have come to know him(F) if we keep his commands.(G) 4 Whoever says, “I know him,”(H) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(I) 5 But if anyone obeys his word,(J) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(K) This is how we know(L) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(M)
7 Dear friends,(N) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(O) This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command;(P) its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing(Q) and the true light(R) is already shining.(S)
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b](T) is still in the darkness.(U) 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light,(V) and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.(W) 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister(X) is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.(Y) They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.(Z)
Reasons for Writing
12 I am writing to you, dear children,(AA)
because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.(AB)
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.(AC)
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have overcome(AD) the evil one.(AE)
14 I write to you, dear children,(AF)
because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.(AG)
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,(AH)
and the word of God(AI) lives in you,(AJ)
and you have overcome the evil one.(AK)
On Not Loving the World
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(AL) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[d] is not in them.(AM) 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(AN) the lust of the eyes,(AO) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away,(AP) but whoever does the will of God(AQ) lives forever.
Warnings Against Denying the Son
18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(AR) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(AS) even now many antichrists have come.(AT) This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us,(AU) 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.(AV)
20 But you have an anointing(AW) from the Holy One,(AX) and all of you know the truth.[e](AY) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(AZ) 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.(BA) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(BB)
24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(BC) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(BD) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(BE)
26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.(BF) 27 As for you, the anointing(BG) 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(BH) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(BI)
God’s Children and Sin
28 And now, dear children,(BJ) continue in him, so that when he appears(BK) we may be confident(BL) and unashamed before him at his coming.(BM)
29 If you know that he is righteous,(BN) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(BO)
Footnotes
- 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
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