1 John 2
English Standard Version Anglicised
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 in possessions—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 for ever.
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.[c] 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[d]—(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 practises righteousness has been born of him.
Footnotes
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- 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything
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1 Juan 2
Dios Habla Hoy
2 Hijitos míos, les escribo estas cosas para que no cometan pecado. Aunque si alguno comete pecado, tenemos ante el Padre un defensor, que es Jesucristo, y él es justo. 2 Jesucristo se ofreció en sacrificio para que nuestros pecados sean perdonados; y no sólo los nuestros, sino los de todo el mundo.
2. El mandamiento del amor
3 Si obedecemos los mandamientos de Dios, podemos estar seguros de que hemos llegado a conocerlo. 4 Pero si alguno dice: «Yo lo conozco», y no obedece sus mandamientos, es un mentiroso y no hay verdad en él. 5 En cambio, si uno obedece su palabra, en él se ha perfeccionado verdaderamente el amor de Dios, y de ese modo sabemos que estamos unidos a él. 6 El que dice que está unido a Dios, debe vivir como vivió Jesucristo.
7 Queridos hermanos, este mandamiento que les escribo no es nuevo: es el mismo que ustedes recibieron desde el principio. Este mandamiento antiguo es el mensaje que ya oyeron. 8 Y, sin embargo, esto que les escribo es un mandamiento nuevo, que es verdad tanto en Cristo como en ustedes, porque la oscuridad va pasando y ya brilla la luz verdadera.
9 Si alguno dice que está en la luz, pero odia a su hermano, todavía está en la oscuridad. 10 El que ama a su hermano vive en la luz, y no hay nada que lo haga caer. 11 Pero el que odia a su hermano vive y anda en la oscuridad, y no sabe a dónde va, porque la oscuridad lo ha dejado ciego.
3. La verdadera fe
12 Hijitos, les escribo a ustedes porque Dios, gracias a Jesucristo, les ha perdonado sus pecados. 13 Padres, les escribo a ustedes porque han conocido al que ya existía desde el principio. Jóvenes, les escribo a ustedes porque han vencido al maligno.
14 Les he escrito a ustedes, hijitos, porque han conocido al Padre. Les he escrito a ustedes, padres, porque han conocido al que ya existía desde el principio. Les he escrito también a ustedes, jóvenes, porque son fuertes y han aceptado la palabra de Dios en su corazón, y porque han vencido al maligno.
15 No amen al mundo, ni lo que hay en el mundo. Si alguno ama al mundo, no ama al Padre; 16 porque nada de lo que el mundo ofrece viene del Padre, sino del mundo mismo. Y esto es lo que el mundo ofrece: los malos deseos de la naturaleza humana, el deseo de poseer lo que agrada a los ojos y el orgullo de las riquezas. 17 Pero el mundo se va acabando, con todos sus malos deseos; en cambio, el que hace la voluntad de Dios vive para siempre.
18 Hijitos, ésta es la hora última. Ustedes han oído que viene el Anticristo; pues bien, ahora han aparecido muchos anticristos. Por eso sabemos que es la hora última. 19 Ellos salieron de entre nosotros; pero en realidad no eran de los nuestros, porque si lo hubieran sido se habrían quedado con nosotros. Pero sucedió así para que se viera claramente que no todos son de los nuestros.
20 Cristo, el Santo, los ha consagrado a ustedes con el Espíritu, y todos ustedes tienen conocimiento. 21 Les escribo, pues, no porque no conozcan la verdad, sino porque la conocen; y ustedes saben que ninguna mentira puede venir de la verdad. 22 ¿Quién es el mentiroso? Precisamente el que dice que Jesús no es el Mesías. Ése es el Anticristo, pues niega tanto al Padre como al Hijo. 23 Cualquiera que niega al Hijo, tampoco tiene al Padre; pero el que se declara a favor del Hijo, tiene también al Padre.
24 Por eso, guarden ustedes en su corazón el mensaje que oyeron desde el principio; y si lo que oyeron desde el principio queda en su corazón, también ustedes permanecerán unidos con el Hijo y con el Padre. 25 Esto es precisamente lo que nos ha prometido Jesucristo: la vida eterna.
26 Les estoy escribiendo acerca de quienes tratan de engañarlos. 27 Pero ustedes tienen el Espíritu Santo con el que Jesucristo los ha consagrado, y no necesitan que nadie les enseñe, porque el Espíritu que él les ha dado los instruye acerca de todas las cosas, y sus enseñanzas son verdad y no mentira. Permanezcan unidos a Cristo, conforme a lo que el Espíritu les ha enseñado.
28 Ahora, hijitos, permanezcan unidos a Cristo, para que tengamos confianza cuando él aparezca y no sintamos vergüenza delante de él cuando venga.
1. Liberación del pecado
29 Ya que ustedes saben que Jesucristo es justo, deben saber también que todos los que hacen lo que es justo son hijos de Dios.
1 John 2
King James Version
2 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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