The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Letter 02
1 My little children, I write these things
to you so that you may not sin. If anyone
sins, we have a Counselor† with the Father,
Jesus Christ, the righteous.
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice‡ for our
sins, and not for ours only, but also for the
whole world.
3 This ishow we know that we know him:
if we keep his commandments.
4 One who says, “I know him,” and
doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar,
and the truth isn’t in him.
5 But God’s love has most certainly been
perfected in whoever keeps his word. This
is how we know that we are in him:
6 he who says he remains in him ought
himself also to walk just like he walked.
7 Brothers, I write no new commandment
to you, but an old commandment
which you had from the beginning. The
old commandment is the word which you
heard from the beginning.
8 Again, I write a new commandment
to you, which is true in him and in you,
because the darkness is passing away and
the true light already shines.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates
his brother is in the darkness even
until now.
10 He who loves his brother remains in
the light, and there is no occasion for
stumbling in him.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the
darkness, and walks in the darkness, and
doesn’t know where he is going, because
the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 I write to you, little children, because
your sins are forgiven you for his name’s
sake.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you
know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men, because you
have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, little children, because
you know the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because
you know him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men, because
you are strong, and the word of God
remains in you, and you have overcome
the evil one.
15 Don’t love the world or the things that
are in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the Father’s love isn’t in him.
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of
the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride
of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
17 The world is passing away with its
lusts, but he who does God’s will remains
forever.
18 Little children,these are the endtimes,
and as you heard that the Antichrist is
coming, even now many antichrists have
arisen. By this we know that it is the final
hour.
19 They went out from us, but they didn’t
belong to us; for if they had belonged to us,
they would have continued with us. But
they left, that they might be revealed that
none of them belong to us.
20 You have an anointing from the Holy
One, and you all have knowledge.§
21 I have not written to you because you
don’t know the truth, but because you
know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that
Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist,
he who denies the Father and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have
the Father. He who confesses the Son has
the Father also.†
24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain
in you which you heard from the beginning.
If that which you heard from the
beginning remains in you, you also will
remain in the Son, and in the Father.
25 This is the promise which he promised
us, the eternal life.
26 These things I have written to you concerning
those who would lead you astray.
27 As for you,the anointing which you received
from him remains in you, and you
don’t need for anyone to teach you. But
as his anointing teaches you concerning all
things, and is true, and is no lie, and even
as it taught you, you will remain in him.
28 Now, little children, remain in him,
that when he appears, we may have boldness
and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you
know that everyone who practices
righteousness has been born of him.