1 John 2:1-24

Christ Is Our Advocate

1 ¹My little children, I am ²writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ³we have an ^[a]⁴Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

2 and He Himself is ⁵the ^[b]propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also ⁶for those of the whole world.

3 ⁷By this we know that we have come to ⁸know Him, if we ⁹keep His commandments.

4 The one who says, "¹⁰I have come to ¹¹know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a ¹²liar, and ¹³the truth is not in him;

5 but whoever * ¹⁴keeps His word, in him the ¹⁵love of God has truly been perfected. ¹⁶By this we know that we are in Him:

6 the one who says he ¹⁷abides in Him ¹⁸ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

7 ¹⁹Beloved, I am ²⁰not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ²¹from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

8 ^[c]On the other hand, I am writing ²²a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ²³the darkness is passing away and ²⁴the true Light is already shining.

9 The one who says he is in the Light and yet ²⁵hates his ²⁶brother is in the darkness until now.

10 ²⁷The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

11 But the one who ²⁸hates his brother is in the darkness and ²⁹walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ³⁰blinded his eyes.

12 I am writing to you, ³¹little children, because ³²your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him ³³who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because ³⁴you have overcome ³⁵the evil one. I have written to you, children, because ³⁶you know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him ³⁷who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are ³⁸strong, and the ³⁹word of God abides in you, and ⁴⁰you have overcome the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love ⁴¹the world nor the things in the world. ⁴²If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world, ⁴³the lust of the flesh and ⁴⁴the lust of the eyes and ⁴⁵the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.

17 ⁴⁶The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who ⁴⁷does the will of God lives forever.

18 Children, ⁴⁸it is the last hour; and just as you heard that ⁴⁹antichrist is coming, ⁵⁰even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

19 ⁵¹They 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, ⁵²so that ^[d]it would be shown that they all are not of us.

20 ^[e]But you have an ⁵³anointing from ⁵⁴the Holy One, and ⁵⁵you all know.

21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but ⁵⁶because you do know it, and ^[f]because no * lie is ⁵⁷of the truth.

22 Who is the liar but ⁵⁸the one who denies that Jesus is the ^[g]Christ? This is ⁵⁹the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ⁶⁰Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard ⁶¹from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also ⁶²will abide in the Son and in the Father.

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Cross References 62

1. John 13:33; Galatians 4:19; 1 John 2:12, 28; 1 John 3:7, 18; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:21
2. 1 John 1:4
3. Romans 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 9:24
4. John 14:16
5. Romans 3:25; Hebrews 2:17; 1 John 4:10
6. John 4:42; John 11:51; 1 John 4:14
7. 1 John 2:5; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:2
8. 1 John 2:4; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:7
9. John 14:15; John 15:10; 1 John 3:22, 24; 1 John 5:3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 14:12
10. Titus 1:10
11. 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:7
12. 1 John 1:6
13. 1 John 1:8
14. John 14:23
15. 1 John 4:12
16. 1 John 2:3; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:2
17. John 15:4
18. John 13:15; John 15:10; 1 Peter 2:21
19. Hebrews 6:9; 1 John 3:2, 21; 1 John 4:1, 7, 11
20. John 13:34; 1 John 3:11, 23; 1 John 4:21; 2 John 5
21. 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:11; 2 John 5, 6
22. John 13:34
23. Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4
24. John 1:9
25. 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
26. Acts 1:15; 1 John 3:10, 16; 1 John 4:20
27. John 11:9; 1 John 2:10, 11
28. 1 John 2:9; 1 John 3:15; 1 John 4:20
29. John 12:35; 1 John 1:6
30. 2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Peter 1:9
31. 1 John 2:1
32. Acts 13:38; 1 Corinthians 6:11
33. 1 John 1:1
34. John 16:33; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:4; Revelation 2:7
35. Matthew 5:37; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 5:18
36. John 14:7; 1 John 2:3
37. 1 John 1:1
38. Ephesians 6:10
39. John 5:38; John 8:37; 1 John 1:10
40. 1 John 2:13
41. Romans 12:2; James 1:27
42. James 4:4
43. Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 2:11
44. Proverbs 27:20
45. James 4:16
46. 1 Corinthians 7:31
47. Mark 3:35
48. Romans 13:11; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 4:7
49. Matthew 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
50. Mark 13:22; 1 John 4:1, 3
51. Acts 20:30
52. 1 Corinthians 11:19
53. 2 Corinthians 1:21; 1 John 2:27
54. Mark 1:24; Acts 10:38
55. Proverbs 28:5; Matthew 13:11; John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 John 2:27
56. James 1:19; 2 Peter 1:12; Jude 5
57. John 8:44; John 18:37; 1 John 3:19
58. 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
59. Matthew 24:5, 24; 1 John 2:18; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
60. John 8:19; John 16:3; John 17:3; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:1; 2 John 9
61. 1 John 2:7
62. John 14:23; 1 John 1:3; 2 John 9

Footnotes 7

[a]. Gr "Paracletos," one called alongside to help; or "Intercessor"
[b]. Or "satisfaction"
[c]. Lit "Again"
[d]. Lit "they would be revealed"
[e]. Lit "And"
[f]. Or know "that"
[g]. I.e. Messiah