1 John 2:10-20

10 ¹The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

11 But the one who ²hates his brother is in the darkness and ³walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ⁴blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, ⁵little children, because ⁶your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him ⁷who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ⁸you have overcome ⁹the evil one. I have written to you, children, because ¹⁰you know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him ¹¹who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ¹²strong, and the ¹³word of God abides in you, and ¹⁴you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love ¹⁵the world nor the things in the world. ¹⁶If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, ¹⁷the lust of the flesh and ¹⁸the lust of the eyes and ¹⁹the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

17 ²⁰The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who ²¹does the will of God lives forever.

18 Children, ²²it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ²³antichrist is coming, ²⁴even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

19 ²⁵They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, ²⁶so that ^[a]it would be shown that they all are not of us.

20 ^[b]But you have an ²⁷anointing from ²⁸the Holy One, and ²⁹you all know.

Cross References

• 1. John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11
• 2. 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
• 3. John 12:35; 1 John 1:6
• 4. 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 1:9
• 5. 1 John 2:1
• 6. Acts 13:38; 1 Corinthians 6:11
• 7. 1 John 1:1
• 8. John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:4; Revelation 2:7
• 9. Matthew 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18
• 10. John 14:7; 1 John 2:3
• 11. 1 John 1:1
• 12. Ephesians 6:10
• 13. John 5:38; John 8:37; 1 John 1:10
• 14. 1 John 2:13
• 15. Romans 12:2; James 1:27
• 16. James 4:4
• 17. Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:11
• 18. Proverbs 27:20
• 19. James 4:16
• 20. 1 Corinthians 7:31
• 21. Mark 3:35
• 22. Romans 13:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 4:7
• 23. Matthew 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
• 24. Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1, 3
• 25. Acts 20:30
• 26. 1 Corinthians 11:19
• 27. 2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 John 2:27
• 28. Mark 1:24; Acts 10:38
• 29. Proverbs 28:5; Matthew 13:11; John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 John 2:27

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "they would be revealed"
• [b]. Lit "And"