1 John 2:1-17

1My children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Intercessor with the Father—the righteous Messiah Yeshua.

2He is the atonement for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.

3Now we know that we have come to know Him by this—if we keep His commandments.

4The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5But whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect. We know that we are in Him by this—

6whoever claims to abide in Him must walk just as He walked.

7Loved ones, I am not writing a new commandment for you, but an old commandment—one you had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

8Yet I am writing a new commandment for you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

9The one who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness.

10The one who loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has made his eyes blind.

12I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of His name.

13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

14I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the One who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16For everything in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the boasting of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

17The world is passing away along with its desire, but the one who does the will of God abides forever.