1 John 2:3–17
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GOD’S COMMANDS
3This is how we knowv that we know him: if we keep his commands.w 4The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But whoever keeps his word,x truly in him the love of God is made complete. This is how we know we are in him:y 6The one who says he remains in himz should walk just as he walked.
7Dear friends, I am not writing you a new commandaa but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the wordab you have heard. 8Yet I am writing you a new command, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing awayac and the true lightad is already shining.ae 9The one who says he is in the light but hates his brother or sisteraf is in the darkness until now. 10The one who loves his brother or sisterag remains in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.D 11But the one who hates his brother or sisterah is in the darkness, walks in the darkness,ai and doesn’t know where he’s going,aj because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
REASONS FOR WRITING
12I am writing to you, little children,
since your sins have been forgiven
on account of his name.ak
13I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.al
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have conquered the evil one.am
14I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s wordan remains in you,
and you have conquered the evil one.
A WARNING ABOUT THE WORLD
15Do not love the worldao or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,ap the lust of the eyes,aq and the pridear in one’s possessions—is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17And the world with its lust is passing away,a but the one who does the will of Godb remains forever.c
Footnotes
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Cross references
- vJn 13:35; 1Jn 2:5; 3:19,24; 4:2,6,13; 5:2
- wJn 14:15; 15:10
- xJn 14:23
- yJn 6:56; 14:20; 15:1–7; Rm 8:1; 2Co 5:17; Eph 2:10; Php 1:1
- zJn 15:4–7; 1Jn 2:24,27–28; 3:6,24; 4:13,15–16
- aaMk 7:8; Jn 13:34; 2Jn 5
- abLk 6:47; Jn 1:1
- acRm 13:12; 1Co 7:31; 1Jn 2:17
- adJn 1:9; 3:19–21; 8:12; 12:46
- aeJn 1:5; 12:35–36; Rv 22:5
- af1Jn 2:11; 3:15; 4:20
- agRm 12:10; 1Th 4:9; Heb 13:1; 1Pt 1:22; 1Jn 3:10,14–17; 4:20–21
- ahLv 19:17; 1Jn 3:15; 4:20
- ai1Jn 1:6
- ajJn 14:6
- akPs 25:11; Lk 24:47; Ac 2:38; 10:43
- al1Jn 1:1
- amJn 16:33; 17:15; Eph 6:10; 1Jn 2:14; 4:4; 5:4–5; Rv 2:7
- an1Jn 1:10
- aoJn 15:19; 17:16; Rm 12:2; Jms 1:27; 4:4
- apRm 13:14; Eph 2:3; 1Pt 4:2; 2Pt 2:18
- aqGn 3:6; Pr 27:20
- arJms 4:16
- a1Jn 2:8
- bMk 3:35; Eph 6:6; 1Th 4:3; 1Pt 2:15
- cJn 8:35; 12:34; 2Co 9:9; 1Pt 1:25
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