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Jesucristo, nuestro intercesor ante el Padre

Hijos míos, les escribo esto para que no pequen. Ahora bien, si alguno peca, tenemos un intercesor ante el Padre: Jesucristo, el justo. Porque Jesucristo murió para que nuestros pecados sean perdonados; y no sólo los nuestros, sino también los del mundo entero. Estamos ciertos de que conocemos a Dios si cumplimos sus mandamientos. Quien dice: “Yo lo conozco”, pero no cumple sus mandamientos, es un mentiroso y está lejos de la verdad. El amor de Dios alcanza su verdadera perfección en aquel que cumple su palabra; así precisamente conocemos que vivimos unidos a Dios, pues quien se precia de vivir unido a él, debe comportarse como se comportó Jesucristo.

El mandamiento del amor

Queridos, el mandamiento sobre el que les escribo no es nuevo, sino antiguo, pues ustedes lo tienen desde el principio y es la palabra que escucharon. Y, sin embargo, se trata de un mandamiento nuevo, en cuanto que se realiza en Cristo y en ustedes; porque las tinieblas van pasando y ya alumbra la luz verdadera. Si alguien dice que vive en la luz y odia a su hermano, todavía vive en tinieblas. 10 El que ama a su hermano, vive en la luz y no caerá en pecado. 11 Pero quien lo aborrece, vive y camina en tinieblas, sin saber a dónde va, porque las tinieblas han cegado sus ojos.

El mundo y sus peligros

12 Les escribo, hijos míos, porque [Dios] ha perdonado sus pecados en nombre [de Jesús].

13 Les escribo a ustedes, los mayores, porque conocen al que existe desde el principio. Les escribo a ustedes, los jóvenes, porque han vencido al maligno.

14 Les escribo, hijos míos, porque conocen al Padre. Les escribo a ustedes, los mayores, porque permanecen en el conocimiento del que existe desde el principio. Les escribo a ustedes, los jóvenes, porque son valientes, permanecen fieles a la palabra de Dios y han vencido al maligno.

15 No se encariñen con este mundo ni con lo que hay en él, porque el amor al Padre y el amor al mundo son incompatibles. 16 Y es que cuanto hay de malo en el mundo —pasiones carnales, turbios deseos y ostentación orgullosa—, procede del mundo y no del Padre. 17 Pero el mundo y sus pasiones se desvanecen; sólo el que hace la voluntad de Dios permanece para siempre.

El anticristo

18 Hijos míos, estamos en la última hora, la hora del anticristo, según ya oyeron. Efectivamente, esta debe ser la hora final, porque son muchos los anticristos que están en acción. 19 Han salido de entre nosotros, aunque no eran de los nuestros. De haber sido de los nuestros, se habrían mantenido con nosotros. Pero así queda claro que no todos son de los nuestros.

20 En cuanto a ustedes, han sido consagrados por el Santo y gozan de un pleno conocimiento. 21 Si les escribo, no es porque desconozcan la verdad; de hecho la conocen y saben que mentira y verdad se excluyen mutuamente. 22 Mentiroso es todo el que niega que Jesús es el Cristo. Ese es el anticristo, pues niega al Padre y al Hijo. 23 En efecto, quien niega al Hijo, rechaza al Padre; quien reconoce al Hijo, tiene también al Padre.

Invitación a la fidelidad

24 En cuanto a ustedes, permanezcan fieles al mensaje que oyeron desde el principio; si lo hacen así, participarán de la vida del Padre y del Hijo. 25 Pues tal es la promesa que Cristo nos ha hecho: la vida eterna.

26 Al escribirles esto, los pongo en guardia contra quienes tratan de embaucarlos. 27 Aunque el Espíritu que recibieron de Jesucristo permanece en ustedes y no necesitan que nadie los instruya. Porque precisamente ese Espíritu, fuente de verdad y no de mentira, es el que los instruye acerca de todas las cosas. Manténganse, pues, unidos a él según les enseñó.

28 En resumen, hijos míos, permanezcan unidos a Cristo, para que cuando se manifieste tengamos absoluta confianza, en lugar de sentirnos abochornados al ser apartados de él en el día de su gloriosa venida. 29 Saben que Jesucristo es justo. Por eso deben saber también que todo el que vive rectamente es hijo de Dios.

My yeladim, these things I write to you so that you do not commit averos. And if anyone does commit averos, a Melitz Yosher (Advocate) we have with HaAv, Yehoshua/Yeshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach the Tzaddik.

And he is the kapporah for chattoteinu, not for ours only, but also for the kol HaOlam Hazeh. [VAYIKRA 5:15; YESHAYAH 53:10]

And by this we have da’as that we have da’as of Him, if over the mitzvot of Him we are shomer.

The one making the claim, "I have da’as of Him" and not being shomer over His mitzvot is a shakran (liar) and in this one HaEmes is not.

But whoever over the dvar of Him is shomer, beemes in this one the ahavas Hashem has been made shleimah. By this we have da’as that in Him we are.

The one claiming to make his maon in Him ought with the halakhah of that One so he should have his derech. [Yn 14:1,23; TEHILLIM 1:6]

Chaverim, I do not write you a mitzvah chadasha, but a mitzvah yashanah, which you were having from the beginning: the mitzvah yashanah is the dvar which you heard.

Again a mitzvah chadasha I write to you, which is HaEmes in Him, and in you, because the choshech is making its histalkus (passing away) and the Ohr HaAmitti (the True Light) already is shining.

The one claiming in the Ohr (Light) to be and the Ach b’Moshiach of him hating, is in the choshech still. [VAYIKRA 19:17]

10 The one with ahavah for the Ach b’Moshiach of him makes his maon (dwelling, permanent residence, Yn 14:2, 23) in the Ohr (Light) and a cause for michshol (stumbling, falling) is not in him. [TEHILLIM 119:165]

11 But the one hating the Ach b’Moshiach of him is in the choshech and walks his derech in the choshech and does not have da’as where he goes, because the choshech blinded his eyes.

12 I write to you, yeladim, because your averos have been granted selicha (forgiveness) because of SHMO (His Name). [TEHILLIM 25:11]

13 I write to you, avot, because you have had da’as of the One Who is Bereshis; I write to you, yunge Leit (young people), because you have conquered the evil one.

14 I wrote to you, yeladim, because you have had da’as of HaAv; I wrote to you, avot, because you have had da’as of the One Bereshis. I wrote to you, yunge Leit (young people), because you are chazakim (strong ones) and the Dvar Hashem makes His maon in you and you have conquered the evil one.

15 Do not have ahavah for the Olam Hazeh, neither the things in the Olam Hazeh. If anyone has ahavah for the Olam Hazeh, the Ahavas [Elohim] HaAv is not in him.

16 For all that is in the Olam Hazeh, the ta’avah (lust) of the basar and the ta’avah of the eyes and the gaa’vah (pride) in the chashuve (prominence) of what one has in this life, one’s vital possessions, all this is not of HaAv but is of the Olam Hazeh. [BERESHIS 3:6; MISHLE 27:20]

17 And the Olam Hazeh is making its histalkus (passing away) and the ta’avah (lust) of it, but the one doing the ratzon Hashem has his maon lanetzakh (permanent dwelling place to remain for ever).

18 Yeladim, it is the sha’ah ha’achronah (the last hour, time), and as you heard that Anti-Moshiach is coming, even now many Anti-Moshiachs [nevi’ei sheker, 4:1] have come, from which we have da’as that it is the sha’ah ha’achronah.

19 They went out and departed from us, but they were not of us; for if they were of us, they would have abided with us; but they went out that it may be niglah (be revealed) that none of them belongs to us. [Yn 6:70; 13:30]

20 And you have a [Ruach Hakodesh] mishcha (anointing) from HaKadosh and you have da’as of all. [YIRMEYAH 31:34]

21 I did not write an iggeret kodesh to you because you do not have da’as of HaEmes, but because you do have da’as of HaEmes and that kol sheker (every falsehood) is not of HaEmes.

22 Who is the shakran (liar)? Who but the one making hakhchashah (denial) and claiming that Yehoshua is not the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach? This one is the Anti-Moshiach, the one making hakhchashah (denial) of HaAv and HaBen.

23 No one making hakhchashah of HaBen has HaAv; the one making hoda’ah (confession) of HaBen has HaAv also.

24 What you heard from the beginning, in you let it make its maon. If in you makes maon what from the beginning you heard, also you will make maon in HaBen and in HaAv.

25 And this is the havtachah (promise) which He promised us, Chayyei Olam.

26 These things I wrote to you concerning the [nevi’ei sheker] deceiving you.

27 And the [Ruach Hakodesh] mishcha (anointing) which you received from Him makes its maon in you, and you are not nitzrach (needy) that anyone should be your "moreh," but as the same [Ruach Hakodesh] mishcha (anointing) teaches you concerning everything and is Emes and is not kazav (lie, falsehood), and as He taught you, keep your maon in Him. [YIRMEYAH 31:34]

28 And now, yeladim, remain in Him, that when He makes His hisgalus (revelation, unveiling appearance) we may have bitachon and not have bushah (shame) before Him at the Bi’as HaMoshiach.

29 If you have da’as that He is tzaddik, you have da’as that also everyone who is a po’el tzedek (worker of righteousness) has been born of Him.

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. 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

We know(E) that we have come to know him(F) if we keep his commands.(G) 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) 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: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(M)

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. 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)

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. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love
  5. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things