Signs of the End of the Age

³ As he sat on ^(A)the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him ^(B)privately, saying, “Tell us, ^(C)when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your ^(D)coming and of ^(E)the end of the age?” ⁴ And Jesus answered them, ^(F)“See that no one leads you astray. ⁵ For ^(G)many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am ^(H)the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. ⁶ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you ^(I)are not alarmed, for this ^(J)must take place, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For ^(K)nation will rise against nation, and ^(L)kingdom against kingdom, and there will be ^(M)famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are but the beginning of ^(N)the birth pains.

⁹ “Then ^(O)they will deliver you up ^(P)to tribulation and ^(Q)put you to death, and ^(R)you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake. ¹⁰ And then many will fall away^[a] and ^(S)betray one another and hate one another. ¹¹ And many ^(T)false prophets will arise ^(U)and lead many astray. ¹² And because lawlessness will be increased, ^(V)the love of many will grow cold. ^13 (W)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom ^(X)will be proclaimed throughout the whole world ^(Y)as a testimony ^(Z)to all nations, and ^(AA)then the end will come.

Do Not Love the World

^15 (A)Do not love the world or the things in the world. ^(B)If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world—^(C)the desires of the flesh and ^(D)the desires of the eyes and pride of life^[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world. ¹⁷ And ^(E)the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Warning Concerning Antichrists

¹⁸ Children, ^(F)it is the last hour, and as you have heard that ^(G)antichrist is coming, so now ^(H)many antichrists have come. ^(I)Therefore we know that it is the last hour. ^19 (J)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(K)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^(L)that it might become plain that they all are not of us. ²⁰ But you have been ^(M)anointed by ^(N)the Holy One, and ^(O)you all have knowledge.^{[b] 21} I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. ²² Who is the liar but ^(P)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ^(Q)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. ^23 (R)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. ²⁴ Let ^(S)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(T)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise that he made to us^[c]—^(U)eternal life.

²⁶ I write these things to you about ^(V)those who are trying to deceive you. ²⁷ But ^(W)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ^(X)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ^(Y)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Children of God

²⁸ And now, little children, abide in him, so that ^(Z)when he appears ^(AA)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ^(AB)coming. ²⁹ If you know that ^(AC)he is righteous, you may be sure that ^(AD)everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

3 See ^(AE)what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called ^(AF)children of God; and so we are. The reason why ^(AG)the world does not know us is that ^(AH)it did not know him. ² Beloved, we are ^(AI)God's children ^(AJ)now, and what we will be ^(AK)has not yet appeared; but we know that ^(AL)when he appears^{[d] (AM)}we shall be like him, because ^(AN)we shall see him as he is. ³ And everyone who ^(AO)thus hopes in him ^(AP)purifies himself as he is pure.

⁴ Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; ^(AQ)sin is lawlessness. ⁵ You know that ^(AR)he appeared in order to ^(AS)take away sins, and ^(AT)in him there is no sin. ⁶ No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^(AU)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. ⁷ Little children, ^(AV)let no one deceive you. ^(AW)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. ^8 (AX)Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^(AY)to destroy the works of the devil. ^9 (AZ)No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's^[e] seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. ¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(BA)nor is the one who ^(BB)does not love his brother.

Love One Another

¹¹ For ^(BC)this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, ^(BD)that we should love one another. ¹² We should not be like ^(BE)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? ^(BF)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. ¹³ Do not be surprised, brothers,^{[f] (BG)}that the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that ^(BH)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. ^15 (BI)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that ^(BJ)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ By this we know love, that ^(BK)he laid down his life for us, and ^(BL)we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷ But ^(BM)if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet ^(BN)closes his heart against him, ^(BO)how does God's love abide in him? ¹⁸ Little children, let us not ^(BP)love in word or talk but in deed and ^(BQ)in truth.