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Jesucristo, nuestro intercesor ante el Padre

Hijos míos, os escribo esto para que no pequéis. Ahora bien, si alguno peca, tenemos un intercesor ante el Padre: Jesucristo, el justo. Porque Jesucristo murió para que nuestros pecados sean perdonados; y no sólo los nuestros, sino también los del mundo entero. Estamos ciertos de que conocemos a Dios si cumplimos sus mandamientos. Quien dice: “Yo lo conozco”, pero no cumple sus mandamientos, es un mentiroso y está lejos de la verdad. El amor de Dios alcanza su verdadera perfección en aquel que cumple su palabra; así precisamente conocemos que vivimos unidos a Dios, pues quien se precia de vivir unido a él, debe comportarse como se comportó Jesucristo.

El mandamiento del amor

Queridos, el mandamiento sobre el que os escribo no es nuevo, sino antiguo, pues lo tenéis desde el principio y es la palabra que escuchasteis. Y, sin embargo, se trata de un mandamiento nuevo, en cuanto que se realiza en Cristo y en vosotros; porque las tinieblas van pasando y ya alumbra la luz verdadera. Si alguien dice que vive en la luz y odia a su hermano, todavía vive en tinieblas. 10 El que ama a su hermano, vive en la luz y no caerá en pecado. 11 Pero quien lo aborrece, vive y camina en tinieblas, sin saber a dónde va, porque las tinieblas han cegado sus ojos.

El mundo y sus peligros

12 Os escribo, hijos míos, porque [Dios] ha perdonado vuestros pecados en nombre [de Jesús].

13 Os escribo a vosotros, los mayores, porque conocéis al que existe desde el principio. Os escribo a vosotros, los jóvenes, porque habéis vencido al maligno.

14 Os escribo, hijos míos, porque conocéis al Padre. Os escribo a vosotros, los mayores, porque permanecéis en el conocimiento del que existe desde el principio. Os escribo a vosotros, los jóvenes, porque sois valientes, permanecéis fieles a la palabra de Dios y habéis vencido al maligno.

15 No os encariñéis con este mundo ni con lo que hay en él, porque el amor al Padre y el amor al mundo son incompatibles. 16 Y es que cuanto hay de malo en el mundo —pasiones carnales, turbios deseos y ostentación orgullosa—, procede del mundo y no del Padre. 17 Pero el mundo y sus pasiones se desvanecen; sólo el que hace la voluntad de Dios permanece para siempre.

El anticristo

18 Hijos míos, estamos en la última hora, la hora del anticristo, según oísteis. Efectivamente, esta debe ser la hora final, porque son muchos los anticristos que están en acción. 19 Han salido de entre nosotros, aunque no eran de los nuestros. De haber sido de los nuestros, se habrían mantenido con nosotros. Pero así queda claro que no todos son de los nuestros.

20 En cuanto a vosotros, habéis sido consagrados por el Santo y gozáis de un pleno conocimiento. 21 Si os escribo, no es porque desconozcáis la verdad; de hecho la conocéis y sabéis que mentira y verdad se excluyen mutuamente. 22 Mentiroso es todo el que niega que Jesús es el Cristo. Ese es el anticristo, pues niega al Padre y al Hijo. 23 En efecto, quien niega al Hijo, rechaza al Padre; quien reconoce al Hijo, tiene también al Padre.

Invitación a la fidelidad

24 Por vuestra parte, permaneced fieles al mensaje que oísteis desde el principio; si lo hacéis así, participaréis de la vida del Padre y del Hijo. 25 Pues tal es la promesa que Cristo nos ha hecho: la vida eterna.

26 Al escribiros esto, os pongo en guardia contra quienes tratan de embaucaros. 27 Aunque el Espíritu que recibisteis de Jesucristo permanece en vosotros y no necesitáis que nadie os instruya. Porque precisamente ese Espíritu, fuente de verdad y no de mentira, es el que os instruye acerca de todas las cosas. Manteneos, pues, unidos a él según os enseñó.

28 En resumen, hijos míos, permaneced unidos a Cristo, para que cuando se manifieste tengamos absoluta confianza, en lugar de sentirnos abochornados al ser apartados de él en el día de su gloriosa venida. 29 Sabéis que Jesucristo es justo. Por eso debéis saber también que todo el que vive rectamente es hijo de Dios.

Jesus Christ Our Advocate

(A)My little children, I am (B)writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, (C)we have an [a](D)Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is (E)the [b]propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also (F)for those of the whole world.

(G)And by this we know that we have come to (H)know Him, if we (I)keep His commandments. The one who says, “(J)I have come to (K)know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (L)liar, and (M)the truth is not in him; but whoever (N)keeps His word, truly in him the (O)love of God has been perfected. (P)By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he (Q)abides in Him (R)ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

(S)Beloved, I am (T)not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had (U)from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. [c]On the other hand, I am writing (V)a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because (W)the darkness is passing away and (X)the true Light is already shining. The one who says he is in the Light and yet (Y)hates his (Z)brother is in the darkness until now. 10 (AA)The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who (AB)hates his brother is in the darkness and (AC)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness (AD)blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, (AE)little children, because (AF)your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him (AG)who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because (AH)you have overcome (AI)the evil one. I have written to you, children, because [d](AJ)you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him (AK)who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are (AL)strong, and the (AM)word of God abides in you, and (AN)you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love (AO)the world nor the things in the world. (AP)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, (AQ)the lust of the flesh and (AR)the lust of the eyes and (AS)the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 (AT)And the world is passing away, and also its lusts, but the one who (AU)does the will of God abides forever.

18 Children, (AV)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (AW)antichrist is coming, (AX)even now many antichrists have appeared. From this we know that it is the last hour. 19 (AY)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they were of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, (AZ)so that [e]it would be manifested that they all are not of us. 20 [f]But you have an (BA)anointing from (BB)the Holy One, and (BC)you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but (BD)because you do know it, and [g]because no lie is (BE)of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but (BF)the one who denies that Jesus is the [h]Christ? This is (BG)the [i]antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (BH)Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that which you heard (BI)from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also (BJ)will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 (BK)And this is the promise which He Himself [j]made to us: eternal life.

26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to (BL)deceive you. 27 And as for you, the (BM)anointing whom you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing (BN)teaches you about all things, and is (BO)true and is not a lie, and just as He has taught you, [k]abide in Him.

28 And now, (BP)little children, abide in Him, so that when He (BQ)is manifested, we may have (BR)confidence and (BS)not [l]shrink away from Him in shame [m]at His (BT)coming. 29 If you know that (BU)He is righteous, you know that everyone also who does righteousness (BV)has been [n]born of Him.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:1 Gr Paracletos, one called alongside to help; or Intercessor
  2. 1 John 2:2 Or satisfaction
  3. 1 John 2:8 Lit Again
  4. 1 John 2:13 Or you have come to know
  5. 1 John 2:19 Lit they would be revealed
  6. 1 John 2:20 Lit And
  7. 1 John 2:21 Or know that
  8. 1 John 2:22 Or Anointed One, cf. 2:27
  9. 1 John 2:22 Or one against the Anointed One, cf. 2:27
  10. 1 John 2:25 Lit promised us
  11. 1 John 2:27 Or you abide in Him; Gr indicative
  12. 1 John 2:28 Lit be put to shame from Him
  13. 1 John 2:28 Or in His presence
  14. 1 John 2:29 Or begotten