The Latin Vulgate VUL
English Standard Version ESV
1 filioli mei haec scribo vobis ut non peccetis sed et si quis peccaverit advocatum habemus apud Patrem Iesum Christum iustum
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris non pro nostris autem tantum sed etiam pro totius mundi
2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum si mandata eius observemus
3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 qui dicit se nosse eum et mandata eius non custodit mendax est in hoc veritas non est
4 Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
5 qui autem servat verbum eius vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus
5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
6 qui dicit se in ipso manere debet sicut ille ambulavit et ipse ambulare
6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
7 carissimi non mandatum novum scribo vobis sed mandatum vetus quod habuistis ab initio mandatum vetus est verbum quod audistis
7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
8 iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis quod est verum et in ipso et in vobis quoniam tenebrae transeunt et lumen verum iam lucet
8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, becausethe darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.
9 qui dicit se in luce esse et fratrem suum odit in tenebris est usque adhuc
9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness.
10 qui diligit fratrem suum in lumine manet et scandalum in eo non est
10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.
11 qui autem odit fratrem suum in tenebris est et in tenebris ambulat et nescit quo eat quoniam tenebrae obcaecaverunt oculos eius
11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 scribo vobis filioli quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen eius
12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
13 scribo vobis patres quoniam cognovistis eum qui ab initio est scribo vobis adulescentes quoniam vicistis malignum
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
14 scripsi vobis infantes quoniam cognovistis Patrem scripsi vobis patres quia cognovistis eum qui ab initio scripsi vobis adulescentes quia fortes estis et verbum Dei in vobis manet et vicistis malignum
14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 nolite diligere mundum neque ea quae in mundo sunt si quis diligit mundum non est caritas Patris in eo
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 quoniam omne quod est in mundo concupiscentia carnis et concupiscentia oculorum est et superbia vitae quae non est ex Patre sed ex mundo est
16 For all that is in the world--the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions--is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 et mundus transit et concupiscentia eius qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in aeternum
17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
18 filioli novissima hora est et sicut audistis quia antichristus venit nunc antichristi multi facti sunt unde scimus quoniam novissima hora est
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
19 ex nobis prodierunt sed non erant ex nobis nam si fuissent ex nobis permansissent utique nobiscum sed ut manifesti sint quoniam non sunt omnes ex nobis
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
20 sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto et nostis omnia
20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
21 non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem sed quasi scientibus eam et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est
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 quis est mendax nisi is qui negat quoniam Iesus non est Christus hic est antichristus qui negat Patrem et Filium
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
23 omnis qui negat Filium nec Patrem habet qui confitetur Filium et Patrem habet
23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
24 vos quod audistis ab initio in vobis permaneat si in vobis permanserit quod ab initio audistis et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis
24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
25 et haec est repromissio quam ipse pollicitus est nobis vitam aeternam
25 And this is the promise that he made to us--eternal life.
26 haec scripsi vobis de eis qui seducunt vos
26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
27 et vos unctionem quam accepistis ab eo manet in vobis et non necesse habetis ut aliquis doceat vos sed sicut unctio eius docet vos de omnibus et verum est et non est mendacium et sicut docuit vos manete in eo
27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him.
28 et nunc filioli manete in eo ut cum apparuerit habeamus fiduciam et non confundamur ab eo in adventu eius
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
29 si scitis quoniam iustus est scitote quoniam et omnis qui facit iustitiam ex ipso natus est
29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
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