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 King James Version
The Test of Knowing Christ
2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, (A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And (B)He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but (C)also for the whole world.
The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (D)liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But (E)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected (F)in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 (G)He who says he abides in Him (H)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
7 [b]Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had (I)from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard [c]from the beginning. 8 Again, (J)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, (K)because the darkness is passing away, and (L)the true light is already shining.
9 (M)He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 (N)He who loves his brother abides in the light, and (O)there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who (P)hates his brother is in darkness and (Q)walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
Their Spiritual State
12 I write to you, little children,
Because (R)your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.
13 I write to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is (S)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 (T)known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers,
Because you have known Him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
Because (U)you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
Do Not Love the World
15 (V)Do not love the world or the things in the world. (W)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, (X)the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. 17 And (Y)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 (Z)Little children, (AA)it is the last hour; and as you have heard that (AB)the[d] Antichrist is coming, (AC)even now many antichrists have come, by which we know (AD)that it is the last hour. 19 (AE)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (AF)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (AG)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
20 But (AH)you have an anointing (AI)from the Holy One, and (AJ)you[e] know all things. 21 I 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 (AK)Who is a liar but he who denies that (AL)Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (AM)Whoever denies the Son does not have the (AN)Father either; (AO)he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
Let Truth Abide in You
24 Therefore let that abide in you (AP)which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, (AQ)you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 (AR)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to [f]deceive you. 27 But the (AS)anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and (AT)you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing (AU)teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you [g]will abide in Him.
The Children of God
28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that [h]when He appears, we may have (AV)confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. 29 (AW)If you know that He is righteous, you know that (AX)everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:5 has been completed
- 1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
- 1 John 2:7 NU omits from the beginning
- 1 John 2:18 NU omits the
- 1 John 2:20 NU you all know.
- 1 John 2:26 lead you astray
- 1 John 2:27 NU omits will
- 1 John 2:28 NU if
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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