The Latin Vulgate VUL
New King James Version NKJV
1 filioli mei haec scribo vobis ut non peccetis sed et si quis peccaverit advocatum habemus apud Patrem Iesum Christum iustum
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My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, 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
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And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
3 et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum si mandata eius observemus
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Now by this we know that we 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
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He who says, "I know Him," and 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
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But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
6 qui dicit se in ipso manere debet sicut ille ambulavit et ipse ambulare
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He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
7 carissimi non mandatum novum scribo vobis sed mandatum vetus quod habuistis ab initio mandatum vetus est verbum quod audistis
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Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
8 iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis quod est verum et in ipso et in vobis quoniam tenebrae transeunt et lumen verum iam lucet
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Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the 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
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He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
10 qui diligit fratrem suum in lumine manet et scandalum in eo non est
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He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
11 qui autem odit fratrem suum in tenebris est et in tenebris ambulat et nescit quo eat quoniam tenebrae obcaecaverunt oculos eius
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But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in 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
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I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.
13 scribo vobis patres quoniam cognovistis eum qui ab initio est scribo vobis adulescentes quoniam vicistis malignum
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I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known 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
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I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.
15 nolite diligere mundum neque ea quae in mundo sunt si quis diligit mundum non est caritas Patris in eo
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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
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For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.
17 et mundus transit et concupiscentia eius qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in aeternum
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And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who 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
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Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which 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
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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 they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
20 sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto et nostis omnia
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But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
21 non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem sed quasi scientibus eam et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est
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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that 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
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Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
23 omnis qui negat Filium nec Patrem habet qui confitetur Filium et Patrem habet
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Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges 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
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Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
25 et haec est repromissio quam ipse pollicitus est nobis vitam aeternam
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And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life.
26 haec scripsi vobis de eis qui seducunt vos
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These things I have written to you concerning those who try 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
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But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
28 et nunc filioli manete in eo ut cum apparuerit habeamus fiduciam et non confundamur ab eo in adventu eius
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And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.
29 si scitis quoniam iustus est scitote quoniam et omnis qui facit iustitiam ex ipso natus est
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If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
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