1 Johannesbrevet 2
Svenska Folkbibeln
2 1 Mina barn, detta skriver jag till er för att ni inte skall synda. Men om någon syndar, har vi en som för vår talan inför Fadern - Jesus Kristus som är rättfärdig. 2 Han är försoningen för våra synder, och inte bara för våra utan också för hela världens.
3 Vi vet att vi har lärt känna honom, när vi håller fast vid hans bud. 4 Den som säger: "Jag känner honom" och inte håller fast vid hans bud, han är en lögnare och sanningen finns inte i honom. 5 Men hos den som håller fast vid hans ord har Guds kärlek verkligen nått sitt mål. Så vet vi att vi är i honom. 6 Den som säger sig förbli i honom är skyldig att själv leva så som han levde.
7 Mina älskade, det är inte ett nytt bud jag skriver till er utan ett gammalt som ni har haft från början. Detta gamla bud är ordet som ni har hört. 8 Ändå är det ett nytt bud jag skriver till er. Detta är sant i honom och i er, eftersom mörkret viker och det sanna ljuset redan lyser. 9 Den som säger sig vara i ljuset och hatar sin broder är ännu kvar i mörkret. 10 Den som älskar sin broder förblir i ljuset, och i honom finns inget som leder till fall. 11 Men den som hatar sin broder är i mörkret och vandrar i mörkret. Han vet inte vart han går, ty mörkret har förblindat hans ögon.
12 Jag skriver till er, barn: era synder är förlåtna för hans namns skull. 13 Jag skriver till er, fäder: ni har lärt känna honom som är från begynnelsen. Jag skriver till er, unga män: ni har besegrat den onde. 14 Jag har skrivit till er, barn: ni har lärt känna Fadern. Jag har skrivit till er, fäder: ni har lärt känna honom som är från begynnelsen. Jag har skrivit till er, unga män: ni är starka och Guds ord förblir i er och ni har besegrat den onde.
15 Älska inte världen, inte heller det som är i världen. Om någon älskar världen, finns inte Faderns kärlek i honom. 16 Ty allt som finns i världen, köttets begär och ögonens begär och högmod över livets goda, det kommer inte från Fadern utan från världen. 17 Och världen och dess begär förgår, men den som gör Guds vilja förblir i evighet.
Antikrists och antikristers framträdande
18 Kära barn, den sista tiden är här. Och liksom ni har hört att Antikrist skall komma, så har redan nu många antikrister[a] trätt fram. Av detta förstår vi att den sista tiden har kommit. 19 Från oss har de utgått, men de hörde aldrig till oss. Om de hade hört till oss skulle de ha blivit kvar hos oss. Men detta skedde för att det skulle bli uppenbart att inte alla hör till oss. 20 Ni har en smörjelse från den Helige och känner alla sanningen. 21 Inte har jag skrivit till er därför att ni saknar insikt i sanningen, utan därför att ni känner den och vet att ingen lögn kommer från sanningen.
22 Vem är lögnaren, om inte den som förnekar att Jesus är Kristus? Den är Antikrist som förnekar Fadern och Sonen. 23 Den som förnekar Sonen har inte heller Fadern. Den som bekänner Sonen har också Fadern. 24 Låt det ni har hört från början förbli i er. Om det som ni har hört från början förblir i er, kommer ni också att förbli i Sonen och i Fadern. 25 Och detta är vad han själv lovade oss, det eviga livet.
26 Detta har jag skrivit till er med tanke på dem som försöker leda er vilse. 27 Vad er beträffar, så förblir i er den smörjelse som ni har tagit emot av honom, och ni behöver inte någon som undervisar er, utan vad hans smörjelse lär er om allting är sanning och inte lögn. Förbli i honom, så som den har lärt er. 28 Ja, kära barn, förbli i honom, så att vi kan vara frimodiga när han uppenbarar sig och inte behöver stå där med skam inför honom när han kommer åter. 29 Om ni vet att han är rättfärdig, då inser ni också att var och en som gör det som är rätt är född av honom.
Footnotes
- 1 Johannesbrevet 2:18 Antikrist . . . många antikrister Här görs en skillnad mellan Antikrist, som skall träda fram senare, och de många antikrister (falska profeter och lärare), som redan trätt fram och i vilka Antikrists ande är verksam (4:3).
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
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
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