New American Standard Bible 2020

1 John 2:12-18

12I am writing to you, 1little children, because 2your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name. 13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him 3who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because 4you have overcome 5the evil one. I have written to you, children, because 6you know the Father. 14I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him 7who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are 8strong, and the 9word of God remains in you, and 10you have overcome the evil one.

15Do not love 11the world nor the things in the world. 12If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world, 13the lust of the flesh and 14the lust of the eyes and 15the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 16The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who 17does the will of God continues to live forever.

18Children, 18it is the last hour; and just as you heard that 19antichrist is coming, 20even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

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Notes

1. 1 John 2:12 1 John 2:1 ↩
2. 1 John 2:12 Acts 13:38; 1 Cor 6:11 ↩
3. 1 John 2:13 1 John 1:1 ↩
4. 1 John 2:13 John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 4:4; 5:4f; Rev 2:7 ↩
5. 1 John 2:13 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 3:12; 5:18f ↩
6. 1 John 2:13 John 14:7; 1 John 2:3 ↩
7. 1 John 2:14 1 John 1:1 ↩
8. 1 John 2:14 Eph 6:10 ↩
9. 1 John 2:14 John 5:38; 8:37; 1 John 1:10 ↩
10. 1 John 2:14 1 John 2:13 ↩
11. 1 John 2:15 Rom 12:2; James 1:27 ↩
12. 1 John 2:15 James 4:4 ↩
13. 1 John 2:16 Rom 13:14; Eph 2:3; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
14. 1 John 2:16 Prov 27:20 ↩
15. 1 John 2:16 James 4:16 ↩
16. 1 John 2:17 1 Cor 7:31 ↩
17. 1 John 2:17 Mark 3:35 ↩
18. 1 John 2:18 Rom 13:11; 1 Tim 4:1; 1 Pet 4:7 ↩
19. 1 John 2:18 Matt 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:22; 4:3; 2 John 7 ↩
20. 1 John 2:18 Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1, 3 ↩

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