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Jesus Our Advocate
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that vvv you will not sin. [But] if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father — Jesus Christ, [the] Righteous [One]. 2 He Himself is [the] atoning sacrifice[fn] for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the [sins] of [the] whole world.
3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. 4 If anyone says,“I know Him,” [but] vvv does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: 6 Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as [Jesus] walked.
7A New Commandment
Brothers,[fn] vvv I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old [one], which you have had from [the] beginning. [This] commandment is the message you have heard from the beginning.[fn] 8 Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.
9If anyone claims to be in the light [but] hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. vvv He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12I am writing to you, little children, because [your] sins have been forgiven through His name.
13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who [is] from [the] beginning.
I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil [one].[fn]
I am writing[fn] to you, children, because you know the Father.
14I have written to you, fathers, because you 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].
15Do Not Love the World
{Do} not love the world [or] anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that [is] in the world — the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world is passing away, [along with] its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains vvv vvv forever.
18Beware of Antichrists
Children, it is [the] last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is [the] last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, vvv they would have remained with us. But [their departure] made it clear that vvv none of them belonged to us.
20You, however, have [an] anointing from the Holy [One], and you know all things.[fn] 21 vvv I have not written to you because vvv you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar, if [it is] not the [one who] denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son vvv does not have the Father.[fn]
24Remain in Christ
[As for] you, then,[fn] {let} what you have heard from [the] beginning remain in you. If [it] [does] you vvv will also remain in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
26I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 And [as for] you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as vvv the same[fn] true and vvv genuine anointing teaches you about all things, [so] you must remain[fn] in Him as you have been taught.
28And now, little children, remain in [Christ],[fn] so that when He appears, we may be confident and vvv unashamed before Him at His coming.
29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
2:2 Or the propitiation
2:7 CT Beloved
2:7 CT does not include from the beginning.
2:13 Or you have overcome evil; also in verse 14
2:13 CT and GOC I have written
2:20 NA, SBL, and WH literal and all of you know.
2:23 CT and TR include but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
2:24 CT does not include then.
2:27 CT just as His
2:27 CT (so) remain
2:28 Literally remain in Him