New Testament · Letters

1 John chapter 2

My , I’m writing this to you so you won’t God. But if anyone does fail, we have someone who — Jesus, , who is completely .He himself is the for our — and not just ours, but for the failures of the entire .And here’s how we can be sure we actually him: if we .If someone says, “I know him,” but doesn’t live by what he says, that person is a liar, and the isn’t in them.But whoever genuinely lives by what God says — in that person, God’s has truly . This is how we know we’re :anyone who claims to be should Jesus lived.Dear friends, I’m not writing you a new — this is the same one you’ve had from the very beginning. This original command is the message you already heard.And yet, I am writing you a new command — and its truth is real in him and in you, because the is fading and the is already shining.Anyone who claims to be in the light but their is still stuck in the darkness.The person who their brother or sister lives in the light, and there’s nothing in them that could .But whoever hates their brother or sister is in the darkness, walking around in the darkness, with no idea where they’re going — because the darkness has them.I’m writing to you, , because your failures have been on account of his .I’m writing to you, , because you know the one who has existed from the beginning. I’m writing to you, young people, because you have .I’ve written to you, , because you know the Father. I’ve written to you, fathers, because you know the one who has existed from the beginning. I’ve written to you, young people, because you are strong, and lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.Don’t love the or the things in it. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in them.Because everything that’s in the world — the , the , and the — none of that comes from the Father. It all comes from the world.And the world and its cravings are , but whoever does what God wants will .Children, this is . You’ve heard that an is coming, and in fact many anti-Ones have already appeared. This is how we know it’s the final hour.They , but they were never really part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But their leaving made it clear — not all of them were truly part of us.But you have been by , and every one of you has .I’m not writing to you because you don’t know the — I’m writing because you do know it, and because no has anything to do with the truth.Who is the liar? It’s the person who denies that Jesus is . This person is an — they deny both the Father and the Son.Everyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father either. But whoever the Son has the Father too.As for you, make sure that what you heard from the beginning . If what you heard from the beginning stays alive in you, then you will stay both the Son and the Father.And this is exactly what he promised us: .I’ve written these things to you about the people who are trying to .But the you received from him stays alive in you, and you don’t need anyone else to teach you. Instead, his anointing teaches you about everything — and it’s — so stay connected to him, just as the anointing has taught you.And now, little children, to him, so that when he we can be and not when he comes.If you know that he is , you know that everyone who has been .