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
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.
Fyrsta bréf Jóhannesar 2
Icelandic Bible
2 Börnin mín! Þetta skrifa ég yður til þess að þér skuluð ekki syndga. En ef einhver syndgar, þá höfum vér árnaðarmann hjá föðurnum, Jesú Krist, hinn réttláta.
2 Hann er friðþæging fyrir syndir vorar og ekki einungis fyrir vorar syndir, heldur líka fyrir syndir alls heimsins.
3 Og á því vitum vér, að vér þekkjum hann, ef vér höldum boðorð hans.
4 Sá sem segir: "Ég þekki hann," og heldur ekki boðorð hans, er lygari og sannleikurinn er ekki í honum.
5 En hver sem varðveitir orð hans, í honum er sannarlega kærleikur til Guðs orðinn fullkominn. Af því þekkjum vér, að vér erum í honum.
6 Þeim sem segist vera stöðugur í honum, honum ber sjálfum að breyta eins og hann breytti.
7 Þér elskaðir, það er ekki nýtt boðorð, sem ég rita yður, heldur gamalt boðorð, sem þér hafið haft frá upphafi. Hið gamla boðorð er orðið, sem þér heyrðuð.
8 Engu að síður er það nýtt boðorð, er ég rita yður, sem er augljóst í honum og í yður, því að myrkrið er að hverfa og hið sanna ljós er þegar farið að skína.
9 Sá sem segist vera í ljósinu og hatar bróður sinn, hann er enn þá í myrkrinu.
10 Sá sem elskar bróður sinn, hann er stöðugur í ljósinu og í honum er ekkert, er leitt geti hann til falls.
11 En sá sem hatar bróður sinn, hann er í myrkrinu og lifir í myrkrinu og veit ekki hvert hann fer, því að myrkrið hefur blindað augu hans.
12 Ég rita yður, börnin mín, af því að syndir yðar eru yður fyrirgefnar fyrir sakir nafns hans.
13 Ég rita yður, þér feður, af því að þér þekkið hann, sem er frá upphafi. Ég rita yður, þér ungu menn, af því að þér hafið sigrað hinn vonda.
14 Ég hef ritað yður, börn, af því að þér þekkið föðurinn. Ég hef ritað yður, feður, af því að þér þekkið hann, sem er frá upphafi. Ég hef ritað yður, ungu menn, af því að þér eruð styrkir og Guðs orð er stöðugt í yður og þér hafið sigrað hinn vonda.
15 Elskið ekki heiminn, ekki heldur þá hluti, sem í heiminum eru. Sá sem elskar heiminn, á ekki í sér kærleika til föðurins.
16 Því að allt það, sem í heiminum er, fýsn holdsins og fýsn augnanna og auðæfa-oflæti, það er ekki frá föðurnum, heldur er það frá heiminum.
17 Og heimurinn fyrirferst og fýsn hans, en sá, sem gjörir Guðs vilja, varir að eilífu.
18 Börn mín, það er hin síðasta stund. Þér hafið heyrt að andkristur kemur, og nú eru líka margir andkristar komnir fram. Af því vitum vér, að það er hin síðasta stund.
19 Þeir komu úr vorum hópi, en heyrðu oss ekki til. Ef þeir hefðu heyrt oss til, þá hefðu þeir áfram verið með oss. En þetta varð til þess að augljóst yrði, að enginn þeirra heyrði oss til.
20 En þér hafið smurning frá hinum heilaga og vitið þetta allir.
21 Ég hef ekki skrifað yður vegna þess, að þér þekkið ekki sannleikann, heldur af því að þér þekkið hann og af því að engin lygi getur komið frá sannleikanum.
22 Hver er lygari, ef ekki sá sem neitar, að Jesús sé Kristur? Sá er andkristurinn, sem afneitar föðurnum og syninum.
23 Hver sem afneitar syninum hefur ekki heldur fundið föðurinn. Sá sem játar soninn hefur og fundið föðurinn.
24 En þér, látið það vera stöðugt í yður, sem þér hafið heyrt frá upphafi. Ef það er stöðugt í yður, sem þér frá upphafi hafið heyrt, þá munuð þér einnig vera stöðugir í syninum og í föðurnum.
25 Og þetta er fyrirheitið, sem hann gaf oss: Hið eilífa líf.
26 Þetta hef ég skrifað yður um þá, sem eru að leiða yður afvega.
27 Og sú smurning, sem þér fenguð af honum, hún er stöðug í yður, og þér þurfið þess ekki, að neinn kenni yður, því smurning hans fræðir yður um allt, hún er sannleiki, en engin lygi. Verið stöðugir í honum, eins og hún kenndi yður.
28 Og nú, börnin mín, verið stöðug í honum, til þess að vér getum, þegar hann birtist, átt djörfung og blygðumst vor ekki fyrir honum, þegar hann kemur.
29 Þér vitið, að hann er réttlátur. Þá skiljið þér einnig, að hver sem iðkar réttlætið, er fæddur af honum.
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