New American Standard Bible 2020

1 John 2:1-17

1 1My little children, I am 2writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, 3we have an 4 5Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 2and He Himself is 6the 7propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also 8for the sins of the whole world.

3 9By this we know that we have come to 10know Him, if we 11keep His commandments. 4The one who says, “12I have come to 13know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a 14liar, and 15the truth is not in him; 5but whoever 16follows His word, in him the 17love of God has truly been perfected. 18By this we know that we are in Him: 6the one who says that he 19remains in Him 20ought, himself also, to walk just as He walked.

7 21Beloved, I am 22not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had 23from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. 8 24On the other hand, I am writing 25a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because 26the darkness is passing away and 27the true Light is already shining. 9The one who says that he is in the Light and yet 28hates his 29brother or sister is in the darkness until now. 10 30The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling. 11But the one who 31hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and 32walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has 33blinded his eyes.

12I am writing to you, 34little children, because 35your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name. 13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him 36who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because 37you have overcome 38the evil one. I have written to you, children, because 39you know the Father. 14I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him 40who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are 41strong, and the 42word of God remains in you, and 43you have overcome the evil one.

15Do not love 44the world nor the things in the world. 45If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, 46the lust of the flesh and 47the lust of the eyes and 48the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 49The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who 50does the will of God continues to live forever.

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Notes

1. 1 John 2:1 John 13:33; Gal 4:19; 1 John 2:12, 28; 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21 ↩
2. 1 John 2:1 1 John 1:4 ↩
3. 1 John 2:1 Rom 8:34; 1 Tim 2:5; Heb 7:25; 9:24 ↩
4. 1 John 2:1 Or Intercessor ↩
5. 1 John 2:1 John 14:16 ↩
6. 1 John 2:2 Rom 3:25; Heb 2:17; 1 John 4:10 ↩
7. 1 John 2:2 I.e., means of reconciliation with God by atoning for sins; or sin-offering ↩
8. 1 John 2:2 John 4:42; 11:51f; 1 John 4:14 ↩
9. 1 John 2:3 1 John 2:5; 3:24; 4:13; 5:2 ↩
10. 1 John 2:3 1 John 2:4; 3:6; 4:7f ↩
11. 1 John 2:3 John 14:15; 15:10; 1 John 3:22, 24; 5:3; Rev 12:17; 14:12 ↩
12. 1 John 2:4 Titus 1:10 ↩
13. 1 John 2:4 1 John 3:6; 4:7f ↩
14. 1 John 2:4 1 John 1:6 ↩
15. 1 John 2:4 1 John 1:8 ↩
16. 1 John 2:5 John 14:23 ↩
17. 1 John 2:5 1 John 4:12 ↩
18. 1 John 2:5 1 John 2:3; 3:24; 4:13; 5:2 ↩
19. 1 John 2:6 John 15:4 ↩
20. 1 John 2:6 John 13:15; 15:10; 1 Pet 2:21 ↩
21. 1 John 2:7 Heb 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 4:1, 7, 11 ↩
22. 1 John 2:7 John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 4:21; 2 John 5 ↩
23. 1 John 2:7 1 John 2:24; 3:11; 2 John 5, 6 ↩
24. 1 John 2:8 Lit Again ↩
25. 1 John 2:8 John 13:34 ↩
26. 1 John 2:8 Rom 13:12; Eph 5:8; 1 Thess 5:4f ↩
27. 1 John 2:8 John 1:9 ↩
28. 1 John 2:9 1 John 2:11; 3:15; 4:20 ↩
29. 1 John 2:9 Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 4:20f ↩
30. 1 John 2:10 John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11 ↩
31. 1 John 2:11 1 John 2:9; 3:15; 4:20 ↩
32. 1 John 2:11 John 12:35; 1 John 1:6 ↩
33. 1 John 2:11 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Pet 1:9 ↩
34. 1 John 2:12 1 John 2:1 ↩
35. 1 John 2:12 Acts 13:38; 1 Cor 6:11 ↩
36. 1 John 2:13 1 John 1:1 ↩
37. 1 John 2:13 John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 4:4; 5:4f; Rev 2:7 ↩
38. 1 John 2:13 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 3:12; 5:18f ↩
39. 1 John 2:13 John 14:7; 1 John 2:3 ↩
40. 1 John 2:14 1 John 1:1 ↩
41. 1 John 2:14 Eph 6:10 ↩
42. 1 John 2:14 John 5:38; 8:37; 1 John 1:10 ↩
43. 1 John 2:14 1 John 2:13 ↩
44. 1 John 2:15 Rom 12:2; James 1:27 ↩
45. 1 John 2:15 James 4:4 ↩
46. 1 John 2:16 Rom 13:14; Eph 2:3; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
47. 1 John 2:16 Prov 27:20 ↩
48. 1 John 2:16 James 4:16 ↩
49. 1 John 2:17 1 Cor 7:31 ↩
50. 1 John 2:17 Mark 3:35 ↩

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