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1 John 2
English Standard Version
1 John 2
English Standard Version
Christ Our Advocate
2 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[a] (P)the darkness is passing away and (Q)the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and (R)hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him[b] there is no (S)cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and (T)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 (U)your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know (V)him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young men,
because (W)you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, children,
because (X)you know the Father.
14 I write to you, fathers,
because you know (Y)him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because (Z)you are strong,
and the word of God abides in you,
and you have overcome the evil one.
Do Not Love the World
15 (AA)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (AB)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—(AC)the desires of the flesh and (AD)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[c]—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And (AE)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Warning Concerning Antichrists
18 Children, (AF)it is the last hour, and as you have heard that (AG)antichrist is coming, so now (AH)many antichrists have come. (AI)Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 (AJ)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (AK)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (AL)that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been (AM)anointed by (AN)the Holy One, and (AO)you all have knowledge.[d] 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 (AP)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is (AQ)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (AR)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let (AS)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then (AT)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us[e]—(AU)eternal life.
26 I write these things to you about (AV)those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But (AW)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and (AX)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and (AY)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 (AZ)when he appears (BA)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his (BB)coming. 29 If you know that (BC)he is righteous, you may be sure that (BD)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:8 Or that
- 1 John 2:10 Or it
- 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
- 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything
- 1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you
1 John 2
New King James Version
1 John 2
New King James Version
The Test of Knowing Christ
2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, (A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And (B)He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the whole world.
The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (D)liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But (E)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected (F)in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 (G)He who says he abides in Him (H)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 (I)from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard [c]from the beginning. 8 Again, (J)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, (K)because the darkness is passing away, and (L)the true light is already shining.
9 (M)He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 (N)He who loves his brother abides in the light, and (O)there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who (P)hates his brother is in darkness and (Q)walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Their Spiritual State
12 I write to you, little children,
Because (R)your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
13 I write to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is (S)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 (T)known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because (U)you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
Do Not Love the World
15 (V)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (W)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (X)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And (Y)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 (Z)Little children, (AA)it is the last hour; and as you have heard that (AB)the[d] Antichrist is coming, (AC)even now many antichrists have come, by which we know (AD)that it is the last hour. 19 (AE)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (AF)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (AG)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
20 But (AH)you have an anointing (AI)from the Holy One, and (AJ)you[e] know all things. 21 I 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 (AK)Who is a liar but he who denies that (AL)Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (AM)Whoever denies the Son does not have the (AN)Father either; (AO)he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
Let Truth Abide in You
24 Therefore let that abide in you (AP)which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, (AQ)you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 (AR)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to [f]deceive you. 27 But the (AS)anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and (AT)you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing (AU)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.
The Children of God
28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that [h]when He appears, we may have (AV)confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 29 (AW)If you know that He is righteous, you know that (AX)everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:5 has been completed
- 1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
- 1 John 2:7 NU omits from the beginning
- 1 John 2:18 NU omits the
- 1 John 2:20 NU you all know.
- 1 John 2:26 lead you astray
- 1 John 2:27 NU omits will
- 1 John 2:28 NU if
1 Juan 2
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
1 Juan 2
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Si Cristo ang Ating Tagapagtanggol
2 Mahal kong mga anak, isinusulat ko ang mga ito sa inyo upang hindi kayo magkasala. Ngunit kung magkasala ang sinuman, mayroon tayong Tagapagtanggol sa harap ng Ama, si Jesu-Cristo na matuwid. 2 Siya ang inialay bilang kabayaran sa ating mga kasalanan, hindi lamang sa ating mga kasalanan kundi maging ng buong sanlibutan.
3 Sa pamamagitan nito, natitiyak nating kilala natin siya, kung sinusunod natin ang kanyang mga utos. 4 Ang sinumang nagsasabing, “Kilala ko ang Diyos,” subalit hindi naman sumusunod sa kanyang mga utos ay isang sinungaling; wala sa taong iyon ang katotohanan. 5 Ngunit ang sinumang tumutupad sa salita ng Diyos, magiging ganap ang kanyang pag-ibig sa Diyos. Sa pamamagitan nito ay matitiyak natin na tayo ay nasa kanya. 6 Ang sinumang nagsasabing nananatili siya sa Diyos ay dapat mamuhay kung paano namuhay si Jesus.
Ang Bagong Utos
7 Mga minamahal, hindi isang bagong utos ang isinusulat ko sa inyo. Sa halip, ito ay dating utos na tinanggap na ninyo noong una pa man. Ang utos na ito'y ang salita na inyo nang narinig. 8 Gayunman, bagong utos ang isinusulat ko sa inyo, na totoong nasa kanya at nasa inyo, sapagkat ang kadiliman ay naglalaho at ang tunay na liwanag ay tumatanglaw na. 9 Ang sinumang nagsasabing siya ay nasa liwanag subalit napopoot naman siya sa kanyang kapatid ay nasa kadiliman pa. 10 Ang sinumang nagmamahal sa kanyang kapatid ay nananatili sa liwanag, at hindi siya matitisod sa anuman. 11 Ngunit ang sinumang napopoot sa kanyang kapatid ay nasa kadiliman, at namumuhay pa sa kadiliman. Hindi niya alam kung saan siya pumupunta sapagkat binulag siya ng kadiliman.
12 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga anak,
sapagkat pinatawad na ang inyong mga kasalanan dahil sa kanyang pangalan.
13 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga ama,
sapagkat kilala na ninyo siya na buhat pa sa simula ay naroon na.
Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga kabataan,
sapagkat napagtagumpayan na ninyo ang Masama.
14 Sumusulat ako sa inyo, munting mga anak,
sapagkat kilala na ninyo ang Ama.
Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga ama,
sapagkat kilala na ninyo siya na buhat pa sa simula ay naroon na.
Sumusulat ako sa inyo, mga kabataan,
sapagkat kayo ay malalakas.
Ang salita ng Diyos ay nananatili sa inyo,
at napagtagumpayan na ninyo ang Masama.
15 Huwag ninyong ibigin ang sanlibutan, maging ang mga bagay na nasa sanlibutan. Kung inibig ng sinuman ang sanlibutan, wala sa kanya ang pag-ibig ng Ama. 16 Sapagkat ang lahat ng nasa sanlibutan—ang pagnanasa ng laman, at ang pagnanasa ng mga mata, at ang kapalaluan sa buhay ay hindi mula sa Ama kundi sa sanlibutan. 17 Lilipas ang sanlibutan at ang pagnanasa nito, subalit ang gumagawa ng kalooban ng Diyos ay mananatili magpakailanman.
Ang Anti-Cristo
18 Munting mga anak, huling oras na! Tulad ng inyong narinig, ang anti-Cristo ay darating. At ngayon, marami na ngang anti-Cristo ang dumating. Kaya't alam natin na huling oras na. 19 Sila ay humiwalay sa atin, bagama't hindi naman talaga sila naging bahagi natin. Sapagkat kung sila'y naging bahagi natin, nanatili sana sila sa atin. Subalit ang kanilang pag-alis ay naghahayag lamang na walang sinuman sa kanila ang kabilang sa atin. 20 Subalit tumanggap kayo ng kaloob mula sa kanya na Banal, kaya't nalalaman ninyo ang buong katotohanan. 21 Sumusulat ako sa inyo hindi dahil hindi ninyo alam ang katotohanan, kundi dahil nalalaman ninyo ito at nalalaman ninyo na walang kasinungalingang nagmumula sa katotohanan. 22 Sino ang sinungaling? Hindi ba't ang tumatangging si Jesus ang Cristo? Ito ang anti-Cristo, ang nagtatakwil sa Ama at sa Anak. 23 Ang sinumang ayaw tumanggap sa Anak ay hindi kinaroroonan ng Ama. Ang kumikilala sa Anak ay kinaroroonan ng Ama. 24 Hayaan ninyong manatili sa inyo ang anumang narinig ninyo mula pa nang simula, at mananatili kayo sa Anak at sa Ama. 25 At ito ang pangakong ibinigay niya sa atin—ang buhay na walang hanggan.
26 Isinulat ko sa inyo ang mga ito tungkol sa mga tao na magliligaw sa inyo. 27 At kayo ay tumanggap ng kaloob mula sa kanya, nananatili sa inyo, at hindi ninyo kailangan ang sinuman upang magturo sa inyo. Subalit ang ipinagkaloob niya sa inyo ang magtuturo sa inyo tungkol sa lahat ng bagay. Ito ay totoo at hindi kasinungalingan; at gaya ng itinuro nito sa inyo, manatili kayo sa kaloob na ito.
Mga anak ng Diyos
28 At ngayon, mga anak, manatili kayo sa kanya, upang sa panahong siya'y mahayag ay magkaroon tayo ng katiyakan at hindi tayo mapahiya sa harapan niya sa kanyang pagdating.
29 Kung alam ninyo na siya'y matuwid, matitiyak ninyo na ang bawat gumagawa ng katuwiran ay anak ng Diyos.
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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