1 John 2:11-21

11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and ¹walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, little children, because ²your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know ³him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ⁴you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because ⁵you know the Father.

14 I write to you, fathers, because you know ⁶him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ⁷you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 ⁸Do not love the world or the things in the world. ⁹If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world--¹⁰the desires of the flesh and ¹¹the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

17 And ¹²the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Warning Concerning Antichrists

18 Children, ¹³it is the last hour, and as you have heard that ¹⁴antichrist is coming, so now ¹⁵many antichrists have come. ¹⁶Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

19 ¹⁷They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ¹⁸if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ¹⁹that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

20 But you have been ²⁰anointed by ²¹the Holy One, and ²²you all have knowledge.^[a]

21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Cross References

• 1. See 1 John 1:6
• 2. Luke 24:47; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38
• 3. [1 John 1:1]
• 4. Ephesians 6:10; [1 John 5:4, 5]
• 5. John 14:7
• 6. [See ver. 13 above]
• 7. [See ver. 13 above]
• 8. [Romans 12:2; 2 Timothy 4:10]
• 9. See James 4:4
• 10. Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 4:2; 2 Peter 2:18
• 11. Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:11
• 12. See 1 Corinthians 7:31
• 13. [2 Timothy 3:1; James 5:3; 2 Peter 3:3; Jude 18]
• 14. ver. 22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7; [Matthew 24:5, 24]
• 15. [1 John 4:1; Matthew 24:5]
• 16. 1 Timothy 4:1
• 17. Deuteronomy 13:13; Acts 20:30
• 18. See John 17:12
• 19. 1 Corinthians 11:19
• 20. ver. 27; [2 Corinthians 1:21]
• 21. See Mark 1:24
• 22. ver. 27; See John 14:26

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts you know everything