1 John 2:12-23

New King James Version

Their Spiritual State

¹²I write to you, little children,
Because ^(A)your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
¹³I write to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is ^(B)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 ^(C)known the Father.
¹⁴I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because ^(D)you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.

Do Not Love the World

¹⁵^(E)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(F)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, ^(G)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. ¹⁷And ^(H)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^(I)Little children, ^(J)it is the last hour; and as you have heard that ^(K)the^[a] Antichrist is coming, ^(L)even now many antichrists have come, by which we know ^(M)that it is the last hour. ¹⁹^(N)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(O)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out ^(P)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

²⁰But ^(Q)you have an anointing ^(R)from the Holy One, and ^(S)you^[b] know all things. ²¹I 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^(T)Who is a liar but he who denies that ^(U)Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. ²³^(V)Whoever denies the Son does not have the ^(W)Father either; ^(X)he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.