New American Standard Bible 2020

1 John 2:1-10

1 1My littleG5040 childrenG5040, I am 2writingG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 to you soG2443 thatG2443 you may not sinG264. And ifG1437 anyoneG5100 sinsG264, 3we haveG2192 an 4 5AdvocateG3875 with the FatherG3962, JesusG2424 ChristG5547 the righteousG1342; 2and He HimselfG846 is 6the 7propitiationG2434 for our sinsG266; and not for oursG2251 onlyG3440, but alsoG2532 8for the sins of the wholeG3650 worldG2889.

3 9By thisG3778 we knowG1097 that we have come to 10knowG1097 Him, ifG1437 we 11keepG5083 His commandmentsG1785. 4The one who saysG3004, “12I have come to 13knowG1097 Him,” and does not keepG5083 His commandmentsG1785, is a 14liarG5583, and 15the truthG225 is not in him; 5but whoeverG3739 G302 16followsG5083 His wordG3056, in him the 17loveG26 of GodG2316 has trulyG230 been perfectedG5048. 18By thisG3778 we knowG1097 that we are in Him: 6the one who saysG3004 that he 19remainsG3306 in Him 20oughtG3784, himselfG846 alsoG2532, to walkG4043 justG2531 asG2531 He walkedG4043.

7 21BelovedG27, I am 22not writingG1125 a newG2537 commandmentG1785 to you, but an oldG3820 commandmentG1785 whichG3739 you have hadG2192 23from the beginningG746; the oldG3820 commandmentG1785 is the wordG3056 whichG3739 you have heardG191. 8 24On the otherG3825 handG3825, I am writingG1125 25a newG2537 commandmentG1785 to you, whichG3739 is trueG227 in Him and in you, becauseG3754 26the darknessG4653 is passingG3855 awayG3855 and 27the trueG228 LightG5457 is alreadyG2235 shiningG5316. 9The one who saysG3004 that he is in the LightG5457 and yet 28hatesG3404 his 29brotherG80 or sister is in the darknessG4653 untilG2193 nowG737. 10 30The one who lovesG25 his brotherG80 and sister remainsG3306 in the LightG5457, and there is nothingG3756 in him to causeG4625 stumblingG4625.

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 ↩