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OET (OET-RV) and in that case, what he promised us is to live forever.
OET-LV And this is the promise which he promised to_us, the eternal the life.
SR-GNT Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν– τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον. ‡
(Kai hautaʸ estin haʸ epangelia haʸn autos epaʸngeilato haʸmin– taʸn zōaʸn taʸn aiōnion.)
Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And this is the promise that he promised to us—eternal life.
UST And what God promised us is that he will enable us to live forever!
BSB And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
BLB And this is the promise that He promised us: eternal life.
AICNT And this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.
OEB And this is what he himself promised us – eternal life!
WEBBE This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.
LSV and this is the promise that He promised us—the continuous life.
FBV Eternal life—this is what he has promised us!
TCNT And this is what he has promised us—eternal life.
T4T And what God told us is that he will cause us to live forever!
LEB And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.
BBE And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
Moff No Moff 1YHN (1JHN) book available
Wymth And this is the promise which He Himself has given us—the Life of the Ages.
ASV And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.
DRA And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.
YLT and this is the promise that He did promise us — the life the age-during.
Drby And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.
RV And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.
Wbstr And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
KJB-1769 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
(And this is the promise that he hath/has promised us, even eternal life. )
KJB-1611 And this is the promise that hee hath promised vs, euen eternall life.
(And this is the promise that he hath/has promised us, even eternall life.)
Bshps And this is the promise that he hath promised vs, euen eternall lyfe.
(And this is the promise that he hath/has promised us, even eternall life.)
Gnva And this is the promise that he hath promised vs, euen that eternall life.
(And this is the promise that he hath/has promised us, even that eternall life. )
Cvdl And this is the promes yt he hath promysed vs, eue eternall life.
(And this is the promes it he hath/has promised us, eue eternall life.)
TNT And this is the promes that he hath promysed vs even eternall lyfe.
(And this is the promes that he hath/has promised us even eternall life. )
Wyc And this is the biheeste, that he bihiyte to vs euerlastinge lijf.
(And this is the biheeste, that he bihiyte to us everlasting life.)
Luth Und das ist die Verheißung, die er uns verheißen hat: das ewige Leben.
(And the is the Verheißung, the he us/to_us/ourselves verheißen has: the eternal Leben.)
ClVg Et hæc est repromissio, quam ipse pollicitus est nobis, vitam æternam.[fn]
(And these_things it_is repromissio, how exactly_that/himself pollicitus it_is nobis, life eternal. )
2.25 Hæc est repromissio. Memoria promissæ mercedis perseverantem te faciat in opere.
2.25 This it_is repromissio. Memoria promissæ mercedis perseverantem you(sg) let_him_do in opere.
UGNT καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν— τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον.
(kai hautaʸ estin haʸ epangelia haʸn autos epaʸngeilato haʸmin— taʸn zōaʸn taʸn aiōnion.)
SBL-GNT καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν, τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον.
(kai hautaʸ estin haʸ epangelia haʸn autos epaʸngeilato haʸmin, taʸn zōaʸn taʸn aiōnion.)
TC-GNT Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν, τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον.
(Kai hautaʸ estin haʸ epangelia haʸn autos epaʸngeilato haʸmin, taʸn zōaʸn taʸn aiōnion. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
2:24-25 John instructs his readers to resist the lies of such antichrists and to remain faithful to the truth that he and the other apostles have proclaimed to them. If they would do this, then they would remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father and have assurance of eternal life (John 3:15, 36; 6:40, 47, 57; 17:2-3).
Note 1 topic: writing-poetry
ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν
the promise which he promised ˱to˲_us
John is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of expressing this. Alternate translation: “the promise that he made to us” or “what he promised us”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
αὐτὸς
he
The pronoun he could refer in this context either to Jesus or to God the Father. However, it seems more likely that it refers to Jesus, since John has just talked in 2:22–23 about denying or confessing him, and it was Jesus who promised eternal life to everyone who believed in him. See, for example, the Gospel of John 3:36 and 6:47. Alternate translation: “Jesus”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον
¬the life ¬the eternal
John means more than physical life. This expression can indicate living forever in the presence of God after death, a commonly recognized meaning, but it can also indicate receiving power from God in this life to live in a new way. Alternate translation: “that we would have power to live a new life now and that we would live with him forever after we die”