1 John 2:11-21

11 But the one who ¹hates his brother is in the darkness and ²walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ³blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, ⁴little children, because ⁵your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him ⁶who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ⁷you have overcome ⁸the evil one. I have written to you, children, because ⁹you know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him ¹⁰who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ¹¹strong, and the ¹²word of God abides in you, and ¹³you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love ¹⁴the world nor the things in the world. ¹⁵If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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

17 ¹⁹The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who ²⁰does the will of God lives forever.

18 Children, ²¹it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ²²antichrist is coming, ²³even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

19 ²⁴They 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, ²⁵so that ^[a]it would be shown that they all are not of us.

20 ^[b]But you have an ²⁶anointing from ²⁷the Holy One, and ²⁸you all know.

21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but ²⁹because you do know it, and ^[c]because no * lie is ³⁰of the truth.

Cross References

• 1. 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
• 2. John 12:35; 1 John 1:6
• 3. 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 1:9
• 4. 1 John 2:1
• 5. Acts 13:38; 1 Corinthians 6:11
• 6. 1 John 1:1
• 7. John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:4; Revelation 2:7
• 8. Matthew 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18
• 9. John 14:7; 1 John 2:3
• 10. 1 John 1:1
• 11. Ephesians 6:10
• 12. John 5:38; John 8:37; 1 John 1:10
• 13. 1 John 2:13
• 14. Romans 12:2; James 1:27
• 15. James 4:4
• 16. Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:11
• 17. Proverbs 27:20
• 18. James 4:16
• 19. 1 Corinthians 7:31
• 20. Mark 3:35
• 21. Romans 13:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 4:7
• 22. Matthew 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
• 23. Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1, 3
• 24. Acts 20:30
• 25. 1 Corinthians 11:19
• 26. 2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 John 2:27
• 27. Mark 1:24; Acts 10:38
• 28. Proverbs 28:5; Matthew 13:11; John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 John 2:27
• 29. James 1:19; 2 Peter 1:12; Jude 5
• 30. John 8:44; John 18:37; 1 John 3:19

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "they would be revealed"
• [b]. Lit "And"
• [c]. Or know "that"