1 John 2

¹ My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous one.

² He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world.

³ This is how we know that we have come to know him: if we keep his commandments.

⁴ Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

⁵ But whoever keeps his word, in that person the love of God has truly been made complete. This is how we know that we are in him.

⁶ Whoever says that they remain in him must also walk as he walked.

⁷ Dear friends, I am not writing you a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word you heard.

⁸ On the other hand, I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.

⁹ Whoever says they are in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.

¹⁰ Whoever loves their brother or sister remains in the light, and there is nothing in them that causes stumbling.

¹¹ But whoever hates their brother or sister is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded their eyes.

¹² I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you know the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁴ I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

¹⁵ Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love is not in them.

¹⁶ For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—does not come from the Father, but from the world.

¹⁷ The world and its desire are passing away, but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

¹⁸ Children, this is the last hour. As you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. That is how we know it is the last hour.

¹⁹ They went out from among us, but they were not truly one of us. For if they had been one of us, they would have remained with us. But they left so it would become clear that not all of them are one of us.

²⁰ And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know.

²¹ I have not written to you because you do not 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 Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

²³ Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever confesses the Son has the Father too.

²⁴ As for you, let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you too will remain in the Son and in the Father.

²⁵ And this is the promise he himself made to us: eternal life.

²⁶ I have written these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.

²⁷ As for you, the anointing 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—and it is true, not a lie—and as it taught you, remain in him.

²⁸ And now, dear children, remain in him, so that when he is revealed, we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.

²⁹ If you know that he is righteous, know also that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

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