Copilaşii mei, vă scriu aceste lucruri ca să nu păcătuiţi. Dar dacă cineva păcătuieşte, avem la Tatăl un Apărător[a], pe Isus Cristos cel Drept. El este jertfa de ispăşire pentru păcatele noastre şi nu numai pentru ale noastre, ci pentru ale întregii lumi. Prin aceasta ştim că-L cunoaştem: dacă păzim poruncile Lui. Cel ce zice: „Îl cunosc!“, dar nu păzeşte poruncile Lui, este un mincinos, iar adevărul nu este în el. Însă, în cel ce păzeşte Cuvântul Lui, dragostea lui[b] Dumnezeu a ajuns într-adevăr desăvârşită. Prin aceasta ştim că suntem în El. Cel ce zice că rămâne în El este dator să umble[c] şi el aşa cum a umblat Isus.

Preaiubiţilor, nu vă scriu o poruncă nouă, ci o poruncă veche, pe care o aveţi de la început. Această poruncă veche este Cuvântul pe care l-aţi auzit. Totuşi vă scriu o poruncă nouă, care este adevărată în El şi în voi, pentru că întunericul trece, iar lumina adevărată luminează deja. Cel ce zice că este în lumină, dar îl urăşte pe fratele lui, este încă în întuneric. 10 Cel care-l iubeşte pe fratele său rămâne în lumină şi în el[d] nu este nici un prilej de poticnire. 11 Dar cel care-l urăşte pe fratele său este în întuneric, umblă în întuneric şi nu ştie unde se duce, pentru că întunericul i-a orbit ochii.

12 Vă scriu, copilaşilor,

pentru că păcatele vă sunt iertate datorită Numelui Său.

13 Vă scriu, părinţilor,

pentru că L-aţi cunoscut pe Cel Ce este de la început.

Vă scriu, tinerilor,

pentru că l-aţi învins pe cel rău.

14 V-am scris, copilaşilor,

pentru că L-aţi cunoscut pe Tatăl.

V-am scris, părinţilor,

pentru că L-aţi cunoscut pe Cel Ce este de la început.

V-am scris, tinerilor,

pentru că sunteţi tari,

iar Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu rămâne în voi

şi l-aţi învins pe cel rău.

Nu iubiţi lumea

15 Nu iubiţi lumea, nici lucrurile din lume! Dacă iubeşte cineva lumea, dragostea Tatălui nu este în el. 16 Căci tot ce este în lume – pofta firii, pofta ochilor şi lăudăroşenia vieţii – nu este de la Tatăl, ci este din lume. 17 Iar lumea şi pofta ei trec, însă cel ce face voia lui Dumnezeu rămâne în veac.

Ceasul de pe urmă şi venirea anticristului

18 Copilaşilor, este ceasul de pe urmă! Şi după cum aţi auzit că vine anticristul, să ştiţi că acum sunt mulţi anticrişti. Prin aceasta ştim că este ceasul de pe urmă. 19 Ei au ieşit dintre noi, dar nu erau dintre noi. Căci, dacă ar fi fost dintre noi, ar fi rămas cu noi, dar, ieşind, au arătat că nu toţi sunt dintre noi. 20 Voi aveţi ungerea[e] de la Cel Sfânt şi voi toţi aveţi cunoaştere[f]. 21 Nu v-am scris fiindcă nu cunoaşteţi adevărul, ci pentru că-l cunoaşteţi şi pentru că din adevăr nu iese nici o minciună. 22 Cine este mincinosul, dacă nu cel care neagă că Isus este Cristosul[g]? Acela este anticristul: cel care-I neagă pe Tatăl şi pe Fiul. 23 Oricine-L neagă pe Fiul nu-L are nici pe Tatăl. Cel care-L mărturiseşte pe Fiul Îl are şi pe Tatăl. 24 Ceea ce aţi auzit de la început, să rămână în voi. Dacă rămâne în voi ceea ce aţi auzit de la început, atunci şi voi veţi rămâne în Fiul şi în Tatăl. 25 Şi promisiunea pe care El ne-a făcut-o este aceasta: viaţa veşnică.

26 V-am scris aceste lucruri cu privire la cei ce încearcă să vă ducă în rătăcire. 27 Cât despre voi, ungerea pe care aţi primit-o de la El rămâne în voi şi nu aveţi nevoie ca cineva să vă înveţe, ci, aşa cum ungerea Lui vă învaţă cu privire la toate lucrurile, iar ea este adevărată şi nu este o minciună, rămâneţi în El, aşa cum v-a învăţat ea.

Copii ai lui Dumnezeu

28 Şi acum, copilaşilor, rămâneţi în El, pentru ca, atunci când El Se va arăta, să avem îndrăzneală şi să nu fim daţi de ruşine înaintea Lui, la arătarea Lui. 29 Dacă ştiţi că El este drept, atunci ştiţi că oricine face ceea ce este drept este născut din El.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Ioan 2:1 Sau: Avocat; sau: Mijlocitor; sau: Sfătuitor, Mângâietor, Ajutor. Aria semantică a termenului grecesc este foarte largă şi nici un termen din limbajul contemporan nu o poate acoperi
  2. 1 Ioan 2:5 Sau: pentru
  3. 1 Ioan 2:6 Cu sensul de a trăi
  4. 1 Ioan 2:10 Sau: în ea, cu referire la lumină
  5. 1 Ioan 2:20 Cu referire la Duhul Sfânt; vezi v. 27
  6. 1 Ioan 2:20 Unele mss conţin: şi voi cunoaşteţi toate lucrurile
  7. 1 Ioan 2:22 Sau: Mesia; atât Cristos (greacă), cât şi Mesia (ebraică şi aramaică) înseamnă Cel care este uns

The Test of Knowing Christ

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. 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

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (D)liar, and the truth is not in him. 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. (G)He who says he abides in Him (H)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

[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. 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.

(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. 1 John 2:5 has been completed
  2. 1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
  3. 1 John 2:7 NU omits from the beginning
  4. 1 John 2:18 NU omits the
  5. 1 John 2:20 NU you all know.
  6. 1 John 2:26 lead you astray
  7. 1 John 2:27 NU omits will
  8. 1 John 2:28 NU if

Christ Our Advocate

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. (B)He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (D)keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments (E)is a liar, and (F)the truth is not in him, 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: whoever says he (J)abides in him (K)ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

The New Commandment

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. 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. 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. 1 John 2:8 Or that
  2. 1 John 2:10 Or it
  3. 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions
  4. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything
  5. 1 John 2:25 Some manuscripts you