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1 John 2:3-29

31By thisG3778 we knowG1097 that we have come to 2knowG1097 Him, ifG1437 we 3keepG5083 His commandmentsG1785. 4The one who saysG3004, “4I have come to 5knowG1097 Him,” and does not keepG5083 His commandmentsG1785, is a 6liarG5583, and 7the truthG225 is not in him; 5but whoeverG3739G302 8followsG5083 His wordG3056, in him the 9loveG26 of GodG2316 has trulyG230 been perfectedG5048. 10By thisG3778 we knowG1097 that we are in Him: 6the one who saysG3004 that he 11remainsG3306 in Him 12oughtG3784, himselfG846 alsoG2532, to walkG4043 justG2531 asG2531 He walkedG4043.

713BelovedG27, I am 14not writingG1125 a newG2537 commandmentG1785 to you, but an oldG3820 commandmentG1785 whichG3739 you have hadG2192 15from the beginningG746; the oldG3820 commandmentG1785 is the wordG3056 whichG3739 you have heardG191. 816On the otherG3825 handG3825, I am writingG1125 17a newG2537 commandmentG1785 to you, whichG3739 is trueG227 in Him and in you, becauseG3754 18the darknessG4653 is passingG3855 awayG3855 and 19the trueG228 LightG5457 is alreadyG2235 shiningG5316. 9The one who saysG3004 that he is in the LightG5457 and yet 20hatesG3404 his 21brotherG80 or sister is in the darknessG4653 untilG2193 nowG737. 1022The one who lovesG25 his brotherG80 and sister remainsG3306 in the LightG5457, and there is nothingG3756 in him to causeG4625 stumblingG4625. 11But the one who 23hatesG3404 his brotherG80 or sister is in the darknessG4653 and 24walksG4043 in the darknessG4653, and does not knowG3609 whereG4226 he is goingG5217 becauseG3754 the darknessG4653 has 25blindedG5186 his eyesG3788.

12I am writingG1125 to you, 26littleG5040 childrenG5040, becauseG3754 27your sinsG266 have been forgivenG863 you onG1223 accountG1223 ofG1223 His nameG3686. 13I am writingG1125 to you, fathersG3962, becauseG3754 you knowG1097 Him 28who has been from the beginningG746. I am writingG1125 to you, youngG3495 menG3495, becauseG3754 29you have overcomeG3528 30the evilG4190 oneG4190. I have writtenG1125 to you, childrenG3813, becauseG3754 31you knowG1097 the FatherG3962. 14I have writtenG1125 to you, fathersG3962, becauseG3754 you knowG1097 Him 32who has been from the beginningG746. I have writtenG1125 to you, youngG3495 menG3495, becauseG3754 you are 33strongG2478, and the 34wordG3056 of GodG2316 remainsG3306 in you, and 35you have overcomeG3528 the evilG4190 oneG4190.

15Do not loveG25 36the worldG2889 norG3366 the things in the worldG2889. 37IfG1437 anyoneG5100 lovesG25 the worldG2889, the loveG26 of the FatherG3962 is not in him. 16For allG3956 that is in the worldG2889, 38the lustG1939 of the fleshG4561 and 39the lustG1939 of the eyesG3788 and 40the boastfulG212 prideG212 of lifeG979, is not from the FatherG3962, but is from the worldG2889. 1741The worldG2889 is passingG3855 awayG3855 and also its lustsG1939; but the one who 42doesG4160 the willG2307 of GodG2316 continuesG3306 to live foreverG165.

18ChildrenG3813, 43it is the lastG2078 hourG5610; and justG2531 asG2531 you heardG191 that 44antichristG500 is comingG2064, 45evenG2532 nowG3568 manyG4183 antichristsG500 have appearedG1096; fromG3606 thisG3606 we knowG1097 that it is the lastG2078 hourG5610. 1946They wentG1831 outG1831 from us, but they were not really of us; for ifG1487 they had beenG1510 of us, they would have remainedG3306 with us; but they went out, 47soG2443 thatG2443 48it would be evidentG5319 that they allG3956 are not of us. 2049But you haveG2192 an 50anointingG5545 from 51the HolyG40 OneG40, and 52you allG3956 knowG3609. 21I have not writtenG1125 to you becauseG3754 you do not knowG3609 the truthG225, but 53becauseG3754 you do knowG3609 it, and 54becauseG3754 noG3956G3756 lieG5579 is 55of the truthG225. 22WhoG5101 is the liarG5583 exceptG1508 56the one who deniesG720 that JesusG2424 is the 57ChristG5547? ThisG3778 is 58the antichristG500, the one who deniesG720 the FatherG3962 and the SonG5207. 2359WhoeverG3956 deniesG720 the SonG5207 does not haveG2192 the FatherG3962; the one who confessesG3670 the SonG5207 hasG2192 the FatherG3962 alsoG2532. 24As for you, see that whatG3739 you heardG191 60from the beginningG746 remainsG3306 in you. IfG1437 whatG3739 you heard from the beginningG746 remainsG3306 in you, you alsoG2532 61will remainG3306 in the SonG5207 and in the FatherG3962. 2562ThisG3778 is the promiseG1860 whichG3739 He HimselfG846 63madeG1861 to us: eternalG166 lifeG2222.

26TheseG3778 thingsG3778 I have writtenG1125 to you concerningG4012 thoseG3588 who are trying to 64deceiveG4105 you. 27And as for you, the 65anointingG5545 whichG3739 you receivedG2983 from Him remainsG3306 in you, and you haveG2192 noG3756 needG5532 for anyoneG5100 to teachG1321 you; but as His anointingG5545 66teachesG1321 you aboutG4012 allG3956 thingsG3956, and is 67trueG227 and is not a lieG5579, and justG2531 asG2531 it has taughtG1321 you, 68you remainG3306 in Him.

28NowG3568, 69littleG5040 childrenG5040, remainG3306 in Him, soG2443 thatG2443 whenG1437 He 70appearsG5319, we may haveG2192 71confidenceG3954 and 72not 73drawG153 backG153 from Him inG153 shameG153 74at His 75comingG3952. 29IfG1437 you knowG3609 that 76He is righteousG1342, you knowG1097 that everyoneG3956 who practicesG4160 righteousnessG1343 alsoG2532 77has been bornG1080 of Him.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 John 2:3 1 John 2:5; 3:24; 4:13; 5:2 ↩
  2. 2. 1 John 2:3 1 John 2:4; 3:6; 4:7f ↩
  3. 3. 1 John 2:3 John 14:15; 15:10; 1 John 3:22, 24; 5:3; Rev 12:17; 14:12 ↩
  4. 4. 1 John 2:4 Titus 1:10 ↩
  5. 5. 1 John 2:4 1 John 3:6; 4:7f ↩
  6. 6. 1 John 2:4 1 John 1:6 ↩
  7. 7. 1 John 2:4 1 John 1:8 ↩
  8. 8. 1 John 2:5 John 14:23 ↩
  9. 9. 1 John 2:5 1 John 4:12 ↩
  10. 10. 1 John 2:5 1 John 2:3; 3:24; 4:13; 5:2 ↩
  11. 11. 1 John 2:6 John 15:4 ↩
  12. 12. 1 John 2:6 John 13:15; 15:10; 1 Pet 2:21 ↩
  13. 13. 1 John 2:7 Heb 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 4:1, 7, 11 ↩
  14. 14. 1 John 2:7 John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 4:21; 2 John 5 ↩
  15. 15. 1 John 2:7 1 John 2:24; 3:11; 2 John 5, 6 ↩
  16. 16. 1 John 2:8 Lit Again ↩
  17. 17. 1 John 2:8 John 13:34 ↩
  18. 18. 1 John 2:8 Rom 13:12; Eph 5:8; 1 Thess 5:4f ↩
  19. 19. 1 John 2:8 John 1:9 ↩
  20. 20. 1 John 2:9 1 John 2:11; 3:15; 4:20 ↩
  21. 21. 1 John 2:9 Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 4:20f ↩
  22. 22. 1 John 2:10 John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11 ↩
  23. 23. 1 John 2:11 1 John 2:9; 3:15; 4:20 ↩
  24. 24. 1 John 2:11 John 12:35; 1 John 1:6 ↩
  25. 25. 1 John 2:11 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Pet 1:9 ↩
  26. 26. 1 John 2:12 1 John 2:1 ↩
  27. 27. 1 John 2:12 Acts 13:38; 1 Cor 6:11 ↩
  28. 28. 1 John 2:13 1 John 1:1 ↩
  29. 29. 1 John 2:13 John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 4:4; 5:4f; Rev 2:7 ↩
  30. 30. 1 John 2:13 Matt 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 3:12; 5:18f ↩
  31. 31. 1 John 2:13 John 14:7; 1 John 2:3 ↩
  32. 32. 1 John 2:14 1 John 1:1 ↩
  33. 33. 1 John 2:14 Eph 6:10 ↩
  34. 34. 1 John 2:14 John 5:38; 8:37; 1 John 1:10 ↩
  35. 35. 1 John 2:14 1 John 2:13 ↩
  36. 36. 1 John 2:15 Rom 12:2; James 1:27 ↩
  37. 37. 1 John 2:15 James 4:4 ↩
  38. 38. 1 John 2:16 Rom 13:14; Eph 2:3; 1 Pet 2:11 ↩
  39. 39. 1 John 2:16 Prov 27:20 ↩
  40. 40. 1 John 2:16 James 4:16 ↩
  41. 41. 1 John 2:17 1 Cor 7:31 ↩
  42. 42. 1 John 2:17 Mark 3:35 ↩
  43. 43. 1 John 2:18 Rom 13:11; 1 Tim 4:1; 1 Pet 4:7 ↩
  44. 44. 1 John 2:18 Matt 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:22; 4:3; 2 John 7 ↩
  45. 45. 1 John 2:18 Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1, 3 ↩
  46. 46. 1 John 2:19 Acts 20:30 ↩
  47. 47. 1 John 2:19 1 Cor 11:19 ↩
  48. 48. 1 John 2:19 Lit they would be revealed ↩
  49. 49. 1 John 2:20 Lit And ↩
  50. 50. 1 John 2:20 2 Cor 1:21; 1 John 2:27 ↩
  51. 51. 1 John 2:20 Mark 1:24; Acts 10:38 ↩
  52. 52. 1 John 2:20 Prov 28:5; Matt 13:11; John 14:26; 1 Cor 2:15f; 1 John 2:27 ↩
  53. 53. 1 John 2:21 James 1:19; 2 Pet 1:12; Jude 5 ↩
  54. 54. 1 John 2:21 Or you know that no lie ↩
  55. 55. 1 John 2:21 John 8:44; 18:37; 1 John 3:19 ↩
  56. 56. 1 John 2:22 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7 ↩
  57. 57. 1 John 2:22 I.e., Messiah ↩
  58. 58. 1 John 2:22 Matt 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:18; 4:3; 2 John 7 ↩
  59. 59. 1 John 2:23 John 8:19; 16:3; 17:3; 1 John 4:15; 5:1; 2 John 9 ↩
  60. 60. 1 John 2:24 1 John 2:7 ↩
  61. 61. 1 John 2:24 John 14:23; 1 John 1:3; 2 John 9 ↩
  62. 62. 1 John 2:25 John 3:15; 6:40; 1 John 1:2 ↩
  63. 63. 1 John 2:25 Lit promised us ↩
  64. 64. 1 John 2:26 1 John 3:7; 2 John 7 ↩
  65. 65. 1 John 2:27 John 14:16; 1 John 2:20 ↩
  66. 66. 1 John 2:27 John 14:26; 1 Cor 2:12; 1 Thess 4:9 ↩
  67. 67. 1 John 2:27 John 14:17 ↩
  68. 68. 1 John 2:27 Or remain in Him (a command) ↩
  69. 69. 1 John 2:28 1 John 2:1 ↩
  70. 70. 1 John 2:28 Luke 17:30; Col 3:4; 1 John 3:2 ↩
  71. 71. 1 John 2:28 Eph 3:12; 1 John 3:21; 4:17; 5:14 ↩
  72. 72. 1 John 2:28 Mark 8:38 ↩
  73. 73. 1 John 2:28 Lit be put to shame from Him ↩
  74. 74. 1 John 2:28 Or in His presence ↩
  75. 75. 1 John 2:28 1 Thess 2:19 ↩
  76. 76. 1 John 2:29 John 7:18; 1 John 3:7 ↩
  77. 77. 1 John 2:29 John 1:13; 3:3; 1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11 ↩

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