[1 John 2]

 

             ^2:1 My little-children, these things I am writing to you^° in-order-that you^° might not sin. And if anyone should sin, we have a Helper^* with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. ^2:2 And he himself is the atonement concerning our sins, and not only concerning ours, but also concerning the whole world. ^2:3 And we know in this that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments. ^2:4 He who says, I have known him and is not keeping his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in this person; ^2:5 but as for whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love^* of God has been completed. We know in this that we are in him. ^2:6 He who says he abides in him, he himself ought to walk thus, just-as that man also walked.

 

             {The word ‘abide’ as used throughout the Letters of John also can be translated as ‘remain’ (as in 2:19).}

 

             ^2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment to you^°, but an old commandment which you^° were holding onto from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you^° had heard from the beginning. ^2:8 Once again, I am writing a new commandment to you^°, what is true^* in him and in you^°, because the darkness is passing-away and the true^* light is appearing already. ^2:9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now. ^2:10 He who loves^* his brother abides in the light and there is no offense in him. ^2:11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness and is walking around in the darkness and does not know where he is proceeding-away to because the darkness blinded his eyes.

 

             ^2:12 I am writing to you^°, my little-children, because the sins of you^° have been forgiven for you^° through his name. ^2:13 I am writing to you^°, fathers, because you^° have known the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you^°, young-men, because you^° have overcame the evil one. I am writing to you^°, children, because you^° have known the Father. ^2:14 I wrote to you^°, fathers, because you^° have known the one who is from the beginning. I wrote to you^°, young-men, because you^° are strong and the word of God is abiding in you^° and you^° have overcame the evil one.

             ^2:15 Do^° not love^* the world, nor the things which are in the world. If anyone loves^* the world, the love^* of the Father is not in him. ^2:16 Because everything in the world: the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the self-importance of life, are not from the Father, but are from the world. ^2:17 And the world is passing-away and its lust, but he who is practicing the will of God abides forever.

 

             ^2:18 Children, it is the last hour and just-as you^° have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come^*; hence we know that it is the last hour. ^2:19 They went forth away from us, but they were not from us, for^* if they were from us, they would have remained with us, but they went forth, in-order-that they might be made manifest that all of them are not from us. ^2:20 And you^° have an anointing from the Holy One and you^° know all things. ^2:21 I did not write to you^° because you^° do not know the truth, but because you^° know it and because every lie is not from the truth. ^2:22 Who is the liar, if not the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who is denying the Father and the Son. ^2:23 Everyone who is denying the Son, he does not have the Father. ^2:24 Therefore, let what you^° have heard from the beginning abide in you^°. If what you^° have heard from the beginning abides in you^°, you^° will also be abiding in the Son and in the Father. ^2:25 And this is the promise which he himself promised to us: everlasting life. ^2:26 I wrote to you^° these things concerning the ones who are misleading you^°. ^2:27 And as for you^°, the anointing which you^° received from him abides in you^° and you^° have no need that^* anyone should teach you^°, but as the same anointing teaches you^° concerning all things and is true^* and is not a lie and just-as it taught you^°, you^° will be abiding in him. ^2:28 And now, abide^° in him, my little-children, in-order-that we should have boldness whenever he should be manifested, and we should not be shamed away from him in his presence. ^2:29 If you^° know that he is righteous, you^° also know that everyone who is practicing righteousness has been born from him.