2:1   My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

2:2   and He Himself has become the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

2:3   By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

2:4   The one who says, " I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, lies, and the truth does not dwell in him;

2:5   but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly grown toward perfection By this we know that we dwell in Him:

2:6   the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

2:7   Beloved, I have not written a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment you will recognize as the word which you have heard.

2:8   On the other hand, I do write a new commandment to you, which proves true in Him and in you, because the darkness passes away and the true Light already shines.

2:9   The one who says he walks in the Light and yet hates his brother dwells in the darkness until now.

2:10   The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and demonstrates no cause for stumbling in him.

2:11   But the one who hates his brother lives in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he goes because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

2:12   I write to you, little children, because you receive forgiveness for your sins.

2:13  I write to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the beginning I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

2:14  I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the beginning I have written to you, young men, because you have strength, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

2:15  Do not love the world nor the things in the world If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father does not dwell in him.

2:16   For all that dwells in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, does not emanate from the Father, but comes from the world.

2:17   The world passes away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever

2:18   Children, the last hour has come; and just as you heard that antichrist will come, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that the last hour has come .

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2:20   But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

2:21   I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie derives from the truth.

2:22  Who has branded himself as the liar but the one who denies that Jesus constitutes the Christ? The antichrist denies the Father and the Son.

2:23   Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

2:24   As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

2:25   This constitutes the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

2:26   These things I have written to you concerning those who have tried to deceive you.

2:27  As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and has revealed truth and not falsehood, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.

2:28  Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

2:29   If you know that He encompasses righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness has become born of Him.