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1 John 2
Good News Translation
1 John 2
Good News Translation
Christ Our Helper
2 I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf—Jesus Christ, the righteous one. 2 And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.
3 If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him. 4 If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us. 5 But if we obey his word, we are the ones whose love for God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God: 6 if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.
The New Command
7 (A)My dear friends, this command I am writing you is not new; it is the old command, the one you have had from the very beginning. The old command is the message you have already heard. 8 However, the command I now write you is new, because its truth is seen in Christ and also in you. For the darkness is passing away, and the real light is already shining.
9 If we say that we are in the light, yet hate others, we are in the darkness to this very hour. 10 If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else[a] to sin. 11 But if we hate others, we are in the darkness; we walk in it and do not know where we are going, because the darkness has made us blind.
12 I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ. 13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.
14 I write to you, my children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.
15 Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father. 16 Everything that belongs to the world—what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of—none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world. 17 The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.
The Enemy of Christ
18 My children, the end is near! You were told that the Enemy of Christ would come; and now many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and so we know that the end is near. 19 These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.
20 But you have had the Holy Spirit poured out on you by Christ, and so all of you know the truth. 21 I write you, then, not because you do not know the truth; instead, it is because you do know it, and you also know that no lie ever comes from the truth.
22 Who, then, is the liar? It is those who say that Jesus is not the Messiah. Such people are the Enemy of Christ—they reject both the Father and the Son. 23 For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also.
24 Be sure, then, to keep in your hearts the message you heard from the beginning. If you keep that message, then you will always live in union with the Son and the Father. 25 And this is what Christ himself promised to give us—eternal life.
26 I am writing this to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But as for you, Christ has poured out his Spirit on you. As long as his Spirit remains in you, you do not need anyone to teach you. For his Spirit teaches you about everything, and what he teaches is true, not false. Obey the Spirit's teaching, then, and remain in union with Christ.
28 Yes, my children, remain in union with him, so that when he appears we may be full of courage and need not hide in shame from him on the Day he comes. 29 You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:10 someone else; or us.
1 John 2
New International Version
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 Johannesbrevet 2
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
1 Johannesbrevet 2
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
2 Mina barn, jag skriver detta till er för att ni inte ska synda. Men om någon syndar så finns det en som försvarar oss inför Fadern, Jesus Kristus, som är rättfärdig. 2 Han är försoningsoffret för våra synder, och inte bara för våra utan hela världens.
3 Att vi har lärt känna honom vet vi av att vi håller hans bud. 4 Den som säger: ”Jag känner honom” men inte håller hans bud, är en lögnare, och sanningen finns inte i honom. 5 Men hos den som håller hans ord har Guds kärlek verkligen fullföljts. Det är genom detta vi vet att vi är i honom. 6 Den som säger sig förbli i honom måste leva på samma sätt som han gjorde.
Ett nytt bud: Älska varandra
7 Mina kära, det är inget nytt bud jag skriver till er om, utan ett gammalt som ni har haft från början. Detta gamla bud är ett budskap som ni redan har hört. 8 Ändå är det ett nytt bud jag skriver till er, och dess sanning finns i honom och i er, för mörkret försvinner och det sanna ljuset lyser redan.
9 Den som säger sig vara i ljuset men samtidigt hatar sin bror, är fortfarande kvar i mörkret. 10 Men den som älskar sin bror förblir i ljuset, och det finns inget hos honom som får honom att falla. 11 Den som hatar sin bror är kvar i mörkret. Han vandrar i mörkret och vet inte vart han går, eftersom mörkret har förblindat honom.
12 Jag skriver till er, mina barn:
era synder har blivit förlåtna för hans namns skull.
13 Jag skriver till er, fäder:
ni har lärt känna honom som finns till från början.
Jag skriver till er som är unga:
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 finns till från början.
Och jag har skrivit till er som är unga:
ni är starka
och Guds budskap förblir i er,
och ni har besegrat den Onde.
15 Älska inte världen och det som finns i den, för om någon älskar världen finns inte Faderns kärlek i honom. 16 Allt det som finns i världen, de fysiska begären, ögonens begär, livet man skryter över, sådant kommer inte från Fadern, utan från världen. 17 Och världen ska gå under med sina lockelser. Men den som gör Guds vilja består för evigt.
Fiender till Kristus
18 Mina barn, den sista timmen är här. Ni har hört att antikrist[a] ska komma, och redan har många antikrister visat sig. Av detta förstår vi att det är den sista timmen. 19 De har utgått från oss, men de hörde aldrig till oss. Om de hade hört till oss, hade de stannat kvar. Men nu avslöjades det att de aldrig hörde till oss.
20 Men ni har fått en smörjelse från den Helige, och alla har ni kunskap. 21 Jag skriver alltså inte till er för att ni inte har kunskap om sanningen, utan därför att ni känner den och vet att det aldrig kommer någon lögn från sanningen.
22 Vem är lögnare, om inte den som förnekar att Jesus är Kristus? Den som förnekar Fadern och Sonen är antikrist. 23 Den som förnekar Sonen har inte heller Fadern. Men den som erkänner Sonen har också Fadern. 24 Låt därför det ni har hört från början förbli i er. Om det ni har hört från början förblir i er, kommer ni också att bli kvar i Sonen och Fadern. 25 Detta är vad han själv lovat oss: evigt liv.
26 Jag har skrivit detta till er om dem som försöker leda er vilse. 27 Men i er förblir den smörjelse som ni har fått av honom, och ni behöver ingen som undervisar er. Hans smörjelse undervisar er ju om allt och talar alltid sanning, aldrig lögn. Förbli därför i honom, så som den har lärt er.
Vi är Guds barn
28 Ja, mina barn, förbli i honom, så att vi, när han uppenbarar sig, kan vara frimodiga och inte behöver skämmas inför honom när han kommer tillbaka. 29 Om ni vet att han är rättfärdig, så vet ni också att var och en som gör det som är rättfärdigt är född av honom.
Footnotes
- 2:18 Antikrist betyder mot/i stället för Kristus. Jfr 2 Thess 2:3 och Upp 13:1 10.
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