18 Children, (A)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (B)antichrist is coming, (C)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 (D)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, (E)so that [a]it would be evident that they all are not of us. 20 [b]But you have an (F)anointing from (G)the Holy One, and (H)you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but (I)because you do know it, and [c]because no lie is (J)of the truth. 22 Who is the liar except (K)the one who denies that Jesus is the [d]Christ? This is (L)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (M)Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, see that what you heard (N)from the beginning remains in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also (O)will remain in the Son and in the Father.

The Promise Is Eternal Life

25 (P)This is the promise which He Himself [e]made to us: eternal life.

26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to (Q)deceive you. 27 And as for you, the (R)anointing which you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing (S)teaches you about all things, and is (T)true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, [f]you remain in Him.

28 Now, (U)little children, remain in Him, so that when He (V)appears, we may have (W)confidence and (X)not [g]draw back from Him in shame [h]at His (Y)coming. 29 If you know that (Z)He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness also (AA)has been born of Him.

Children of God Love One Another

See [i](AB)how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called (AC)children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because (AD)it did not know Him. (AE)Beloved, now we are (AF)children of God, and (AG)it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He (AH)appears, we will be (AI)like Him, because we will (AJ)see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this (AK)hope set on Him (AL)purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and (AM)sin is lawlessness. You know that He (AN)appeared in order to (AO)take away sins; and (AP)in Him there is no sin. No one who remains in Him (AQ)sins continually; no one who sins continually has seen Him or [j](AR)knows Him.

Notas al pie

  1. 1 John 2:19 Lit they would be revealed
  2. 1 John 2:20 Lit And
  3. 1 John 2:21 Or you know that no lie
  4. 1 John 2:22 I.e., Messiah
  5. 1 John 2:25 Lit promised us
  6. 1 John 2:27 Or remain in Him (a command)
  7. 1 John 2:28 Lit be put to shame from Him
  8. 1 John 2:28 Or in His presence
  9. 1 John 3:1 Lit what kind of love
  10. 1 John 3:6 Or has known

Warnings Against Denying the Son

18 Dear children, this is the last hour;(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,(B) even now many antichrists have come.(C) This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us,(D) 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.(E)

20 But you have an anointing(F) from the Holy One,(G) and all of you know the truth.[a](H) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(I) 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.(J) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(K)

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning(L) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.(M) 25 And this is what he promised us—eternal life.(N)

26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.(O) 27 As for you, the anointing(P) 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(Q) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(R)

God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(S) continue in him, so that when he appears(T) we may be confident(U) and unashamed before him at his coming.(V)

29 If you know that he is righteous,(W) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.(X)

See what great love(Y) the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!(Z) And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.(AA) Dear friends,(AB) now we are children of God,(AC) and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[b](AD) we shall be like him,(AE) for we shall see him as he is.(AF) All who have this hope in him purify themselves,(AG) just as he is pure.(AH)

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.(AI) But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(AJ) And in him is no sin.(AK) No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.(AL) No one who continues to sin has either seen him(AM) or known him.(AN)

Notas al pie

  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things
  2. 1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known