1 John 2
We Have an Advocate with the Father
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An Advocate with the Father
2:1My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,
2:2and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
2:3And by this we know that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
2:4The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
2:5But whoever keeps His word, in that person the love of God has truly been brought to completion. By this we know that we are in Him.
2:6The one who says that he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
The Old and New Commandment
2:7Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word you heard.
2:8Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
2:9The one who says that he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness until now.
2:10The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
2:11But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
To Children, Fathers, and Young Men
2:12I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.
2:13I write to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
2:14I 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 Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
Do Not Love the World
2:15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
2:16For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boastfulness of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
2:17And the world is passing away, and its desire; but the one who does the will of God abides forever.
The Last Hour and the Antichrists
2:18Children, it is the last hour. And just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour.
2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But this happened so that it might become clear that they are not all of us.
2:20And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know.
2:21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is from the truth.
2:22Who is the liar except the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son.
2:23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
2:24As for you, let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
2:25And this is the promise He Himself promised us: eternal life.
2:26I have written these things to you about those who are leading you astray.
2:27And as for you, the anointing that you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it taught you, abide in Him.
Abide in Him
2:28And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He is manifested we may have confidence and not shrink from Him in shame at His coming.
2:29If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
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