1 John 2:1-10

1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.
4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:
6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.
7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.
8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b] is still in the darkness.
10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.

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Cross References 23

  • 1. ver 12,13,28; 1 John 3:7,18; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:21; S 1 Thessalonians 2:11
  • 2. S Romans 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:25
  • 3. Romans 3:25; 1 John 4:10
  • 4. S Matthew 1:21; S John 3:17
  • 5. ver 5; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:2
  • 6. S ver 4
  • 7. S John 14:15
  • 8. ver 3; Titus 1:16; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:7,8
  • 9. 1 John 1:6,8
  • 10. S John 14:15; John 14:21,23
  • 11. 1 John 4:12
  • 12. S ver 3
  • 13. S Matthew 11:29; 1 Peter 2:21
  • 14. S 1 Corinthians 10:14
  • 15. ver 24; 1 John 3:11,23; 1 John 4:21; 2Jn 5,6
  • 16. S John 13:34
  • 17. Romans 13:12; Hebrews 10:25
  • 18. John 1:9
  • 19. Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:5
  • 20. ver 11; Leviticus 19:17; 1Jn 3:10,15,16; 1 John 4:20,21
  • 21. 1 John 1:5
  • 22. 1 John 3:14
  • 23. ver 11; Psalms 119:165

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "word, God’s love"
  • [b]. The Greek word for "brother or sister" ("adelphos" ) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  • [c]. The Greek word for "brother and sister" ("adelphos" ) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
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