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My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate(A) with the Father—Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He Himself is the propitiation(B) for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.(C)

God’s Commands

This is how we are sure(D) that we have come to know Him: by keeping His commands.(E) The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” yet doesn't keep His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word,(F) truly in him the love of God is perfected.[a] This is how we know we are in Him:(G) The one who says he remains in Him(H) should walk just as He walked.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command(I) but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the message(J) you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away(K) and the true light(L) is already shining.(M)

The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother(N) is in the darkness until now. 10 The one who loves his brother(O) remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.[b] 11 But the one who hates his brother(P) is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,(Q) and doesn’t know where he’s going,(R) because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

Reasons for Writing

12 I am writing to you, little children,
because your sins have been forgiven
because of Jesus’ name.(S)
13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.(T)
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have had victory over the evil one.(U)
14 I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word(V) remains in you,
and you have had victory over the evil one.

A Warning about the World

15 Do not love the world(W) or the things that belong to[c] the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. 16 For everything that belongs to[d] the world—the lust of the flesh,(X) the lust of the eyes,(Y) and the pride(Z) in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 And the world with its lust is passing away,(AA) but the one who does God’s will(AB) remains forever.(AC)

The Last Hour

18 Children, it is the last hour.(AD) And as you have heard, “Antichrist(AE) is coming,” even now many antichrists have come. We know from this that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

20 But you have an anointing(AF) from the Holy One,(AG) and all of you have knowledge.[e] 21 I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah?(AH) This one is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son can have the Father;(AI) he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.(AJ)

Remaining with God

24 What you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son(AK) and in the Father.(AL) 25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.(AM) 26 I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

27 The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, His anointing teaches you about all things(AN) and is true and is not a lie; just as He has taught you, remain in Him.(AO)

God’s Children

28 So now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears(AP) we may have boldness and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.(AQ) 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right(AR) has been born of Him.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or truly completed
  2. 1 John 2:10 Or in it
  3. 1 John 2:15 Lit things in
  4. 1 John 2:16 Lit that is in
  5. 1 John 2:20 Other mss read and you know all things

The Test of Knowing Christ

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. 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

Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (D)liar, and the truth is not in him. 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. (G)He who says he abides in Him (H)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

[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. 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.

(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. 1 John 2:5 has been completed
  2. 1 John 2:7 NU Beloved
  3. 1 John 2:7 NU omits from the beginning
  4. 1 John 2:18 NU omits the
  5. 1 John 2:20 NU you all know.
  6. 1 John 2:26 lead you astray
  7. 1 John 2:27 NU omits will
  8. 1 John 2:28 NU if

Ate Jesús, Yolil qiˈj twutz Dios

Ayeqiˈy werman, nimxix nkˈuˈja kyiˈja, a nyakuj tal nkˈwalqiˈy; nxi ntzˈibˈiˈn tkyaqiljo luˈn kyeˈy, tuˈn mi chi bˈinchiniˈy il. Me qa at jun nbˈinchin il kyxola, at najsbˈil, quˈn at jun Yolil qiˈj twutz qMan Dios, a Jesucrist, a tzˈaqlexix. Xi tqˈoˈn Jesús tibˈ te chojbˈil qil, tej tkyim twutz cruz, nya noq oˈkx tuˈn tnajsitku qil, qalaˈ tuˈn tnajsit kyil tkyaqil xjal twutz txˈotxˈ.

Qa ma kubˈ qnimin tnukˈbˈil qMan Dios, aku txi qqˈmaˈn qa o tzˈel qnikyˈ te. Me qa at jun xjal ntqˈmaˈn qa ojtzqiˈn Dios tuˈn, me mi nkubˈ tnimin tnukˈbˈil Dios, nikyˈil yol teˈ, ex ntiˈ yol twutzxix toj tanmin. Me atzin xjal, a nkubˈ tnimin Tyol Dios, mapen tzˈok tkˈuˈjlintz qMan Dios tukˈa tumil, ex antza k‑elile qnikyˈ te, qa at qmujbˈil qibˈ tukˈa. Ex qa at jun xjal ntqˈmaˈn qa mujle tukˈa Dios, bˈaˈn tuˈn tbˈet toj tchwinqil, tzeˈnku xbˈete Jesucrist.

A akˈaj kawbˈil

Ayiˈy werman, atzin kawbˈil, a nxi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy, nya jun akˈaj kawbˈil, qalaˈ axjo kawbˈil, a at kyukˈiy, ex bˈiˈn kyuˈn atxix ojtxe. Me atzin nxi ntzˈibˈinjiˈy kyeˈy jaˈlin ma tzˈok tzeˈnku jun akˈaj kawbˈil, tuˈn tkubˈ kynimiˈn tzeˈnkuxjo kubˈ tnimin Jesús. Quˈn atzin qxopin kyjaˈ tikyˈ, ex ma tzaj spikyˈeˈxixjo, a spikyˈin twutzxix, a t‑xim qMan Dios.

Me qa at jun nimil, a ntqˈmaˈn qa at spikyˈin toj tchwinqil, exsin n‑ikyˈin yol tiˈj juntl, nya twutzx tyol, quˈn toj qxopin taˈye. 10 Me atziˈn xjal, a nkˈuˈjlin kyiˈj txqantl, apente atjo toj spikyˈin, ex nlay kubˈ tzˈaq toj il noq tuˈn tpaj jun tiˈ. 11 Me atziˈn xjal, a n‑ikyˈin tiˈj juntl, axsa toj qxopin taˈye, ex ntiˈ tumil toj twutz tzeˈn t‑xiˈ, quˈn ma tzˈok jpet tnabˈl, nyakuj ikyjo tzeˈnku jun aˈla nbˈet toj qxopin.

12 Ayiˈy werman, nxi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy nyakuj tal nkˈwalqiˈy, quˈn tuˈn o kubˈ najsin kyila noq tiˈj tbˈi qMan Dios. 13 Ex nxi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy nyakuj tij xjalqiˈy, quˈn tuˈn o tzˈel kynikyˈa tiˈj qAjaw, a atxtaq te tnejil. Ex nxi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy nyakuj kuˈxinqiˈy, quˈn tuˈn ma kubˈ tiˈj tajaw il kyuˈn. 14 Werman, noq tuˈn kybˈintiˈy wen, kxel nqˈmaˈn juntl majla: O txi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy nyakutlaj tal nkˈwalqiˈy, quˈn tuˈn o tzˈel kynikyˈa te qMan Dios. Ex o txi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy nyakuj tij xjalqiˈy, quˈn tuˈn o tzˈel kynikyˈa te qAjaw, a atxtaq te tnejil. Ex o txi ntzˈibˈiˈn kyeˈy nyakuj kuˈxinqiˈy, quˈn tuˈn o chi kujixa, ex o ten Tyol Dios toj kyanmiˈn, ex tuˈn ma kubˈ tiˈj tajaw il kyuˈn.

15 Werman, kxel nqˈmaˈnjiˈy luˈn kyeˈy: Mi tzˈok kykˈuˈjlinjiˈy tkyaqiljo nya bˈaˈn twutz txˈotxˈ, ex tkyaqiljo nya bˈaˈn ntzaj tqˈoˈn. Qa at jun xjal nkˈuˈjlin tiˈj tkyaqiljo luˈn, nlay bˈant tkˈuˈjlin tiˈj qMan Dios. 16 Tkyaqiljo nya bˈaˈn twutz txˈotxˈ ikyqetziˈn tzeˈnku tkyaqil achbˈil, a ntqanin qxmilil; tkabˈ, tkyaqil tiˈ, a qajxix tuˈn tten qe; ex toxin, tkyaqiljo qnimsbˈil qibˈ kyiˈj tkyaqil at qe. 17 Tkyaqiljo luˈn nya tzajnin tiˈj qMan Dios, quˈn tkyaqiljo luˈn kja kyikyˈ, ex tkyaqil txˈotxˈ kbˈajil te jun majx. Me atzin xjal, a nbˈinchin tzeˈnkuˈ taj Dios, ok ktenbˈil te jun majx.

A jyol qˈoj tiˈj Dios

18 Ayiˈy werman, a nyakuj nkˈwalqiˈy; chˈix tjapin bˈaj tqˈijil twutz txˈotxˈ. Tuˈn ikyjo, o tzˈok kybˈiˈn tiˈj jun jyol qˈoj tzul kanin, kjawil tnimsin tibˈ twutz Klolqe Jesús. Me atzin jaˈlin, ma chi bˈaj yekˈin ilaˈ jyol qˈoj tiˈj Klolqe. Ex tuˈn ikyjo, bˈiˈn quˈn qa chˈix tjapin bˈaj tqˈijil twutz txˈotxˈ. 19 ¿Me jaˈtzin ẍi tzaje jyol qˈoj lo qa nya axsa ẍi exa qxol? Me nyala te nimilqextaq. Quˈn noqit qukˈaqextaq, mitla ẍi extz qxol. Me ma bˈajjo ikyjo tuˈntzin tyekˈit‑xix wen, qa aye nyakuj nimil, mi tzˈok te twutzxix Ttanim Dios.

20 Me metzin kyeˈ, a ayiˈy nimil twutzxix, ma tzaj qˈoˈn Xewbˈaj Xjan toj kyanmiˈn tuˈn Klolqe Jesús, ex kykyaqil kyeˈ ma tzˈel kynikyˈa tiˈj tkyaqiljo luˈn. 21 Me nxi ntzˈibˈinjiˈy luˈn kyeˈy, nya noq mi n‑el kynikyˈa te twutzxix, quˈn n‑el kyeˈ kynikyˈ te. Ex bˈiˈn kyuˈn qa ntiˈ jun nya twutzx aku tzul kanin tiˈjjo a twutzxix. 22 ¿Ankye noq nja bˈant tuˈn? Atzin xjal, a ntqˈmaˈn qa nya te Jesús, a Crist, a skˈoˈnxix tuˈn qMan Dios. Atziˈn xjal luˈn, ajqˈoj tiˈj Klolqe Jesús, ex n‑el tiˈjlin Dios tukˈax Tkˈwal. 23 Ex alkye n‑el tiˈjlin Tkˈwal Dios, ntiˈ qMan Dios tukˈa. Me ankyeˈ, a n‑el tnikyˈ te qa ate Jesús Klolqe, at qMan Dios tukˈa.

24 Tuˈnpetziˈn, kykˈuˈnkutziˈn toj kyanmiˈn a Tbˈanil Tqanil, a o kybˈiˈy atxix ojtxe. Quˈn tuˈn ikyjo, kchi tenbˈilxixa kujxix toj kynimbˈila tiˈj qMan Dios ex tiˈj Tkˈwal. 25 Quˈn ex o tzaj tqˈoˈn Dios jun qchwinqil te jun majx, tzeˈnkuxjo tqˈmaˈn.

26 Nxi ntzˈibˈiˈn tkyaqiljo lo kyeˈy kyiˈjjo a kyaj tuˈn kysbˈun kyiˈja. 27 Me at Xewbˈaj Xjan toj kyanmiˈn, a tzajnin tiˈj Klolqe Jesús. Tuˈnpetziˈn, nya il tiˈj tuˈn kytzaj xnaqˈtziˈn tuˈn junl aˈla tiˈjjo luˈn, quˈn axte Xewbˈaj Xjan ktzajil xnaqˈtzin kyeˈy tiˈj tkyaqil. Quˈn a xnaqˈtzbˈil anetziˈn twutzxix, ex nya nikyˈj yol. Ex atzin xnaqˈtzbˈil luˈn, tuˈn kytenxixa kuj toj kynimbˈila.

28 Atzin jaˈlin werman, nyakuj nkˈwalqiˈy; chi tenkuxixa kuj toj kynimbˈila tiˈj Klolqe Jesús, tuˈntzin tqe qkˈuˈj tiˈj, aj tul juntl majl, ex tuˈn mi qo tzaj txˈixwe twutz. 29 Bˈiˈn kyuˈn, qa a Klolqe Jesús tzˈaqlexix toj tkyaqil. Tuˈn ikyjo, il tiˈj tuˈn tel kynikyˈa te, qa kykyaqiljo nchi bˈet tzˈaqlexix toj kychwinqil, o chi ok te Tkˈwal Dios.

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

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:

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

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.

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.

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.