1 John 2:7-27

The New Commandment

7 Beloved, I am writing you ¹no new commandment, but ²an old commandment ³that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

8 At the same time, it is ⁴a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because^[a]5the darkness is passing away and ⁶the true light is already shining.

9 Whoever says he is in the light and ⁷hates his brother is still in darkness.

10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him^[b] there is no ⁸cause for stumbling.

11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and ⁹walks 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 ¹⁰your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know ¹¹him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ¹²you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because ¹³you know the Father.

14 I write to you, fathers, because you know ¹⁴him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ¹⁵you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 ¹⁶Do not love the world or the things in the world. ¹⁷If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world--¹⁸the desires of the flesh and ¹⁹the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.

17 And ²⁰the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

Warning Concerning Antichrists

18 Children, ²¹it is the last hour, and as you have heard that ²²antichrist is coming, so now ²³many antichrists have come. ²⁴Therefore we know that it is the last hour.

19 ²⁵They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ²⁶if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ²⁷that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

20 But you have been ²⁸anointed by ²⁹the Holy One, and ³⁰you all have knowledge.^[c]

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.

22 Who is the liar but ³¹he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ³²the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ³³No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 Let ³⁴what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ³⁵you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise that he made to us^[d]--³⁶eternal life.

26 I write these things to you about ³⁷those who are trying to deceive you.

27 But ³⁸the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ³⁹you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ⁴⁰is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Cross References

• 1. 2 John 5
• 2. Leviticus 19:18
• 3. [ver. 24; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5, 6]
• 4. See John 13:34
• 5. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 5
• 6. John 1:9; John 8:12
• 7. 1 John 4:20; [1 John 3:14, 15; Titus 3:3]
• 8. John 11:10; [Proverbs 4:19; 2 Peter 1:10]
• 9. See 1 John 1:6
• 10. Luke 24:47; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38
• 11. [1 John 1:1]
• 12. Ephesians 6:10; [1 John 5:4, 5]
• 13. John 14:7
• 14. [See ver. 13 above]
• 15. [See ver. 13 above]
• 16. [Romans 12:2; 2 Timothy 4:10]
• 17. See James 4:4
• 18. Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 4:2; 2 Peter 2:18
• 19. Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 5:11
• 20. See 1 Corinthians 7:31
• 21. [2 Timothy 3:1; James 5:3; 2 Peter 3:3; Jude 18]
• 22. ver. 22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7; [Matthew 24:5, 24]
• 23. [1 John 4:1; Matthew 24:5]
• 24. 1 Timothy 4:1
• 25. Deuteronomy 13:13; Acts 20:30
• 26. See John 17:12
• 27. 1 Corinthians 11:19
• 28. ver. 27; [2 Corinthians 1:21]
• 29. See Mark 1:24
• 30. ver. 27; See John 14:26
• 31. 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
• 32. [See ver. 18 above]
• 33. 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:1; 2 John 9
• 34. 1 John 3:11; 2 John 6
• 35. [John 14:23]; See 1 John 1:3
• 36. John 17:2
• 37. 1 John 3:7; 2 John 7
• 38. ver. 20
• 39. Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 8:11
• 40. John 14:17

Footnotes

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• [c]. Some manuscripts you know everything
• [d]. Some manuscripts you