Logos Bible Study

1 John 2:1–15

New International Version (2011)Other versions

English

Arabic

Czech

French

German

Greek

Hungarian

Italian

Korean

Latin

Portuguese

Russian

Simplified Chinese

Spanish

Traditional Chinese

My dear children,x I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocatey with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,z and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.a

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

3We knowb that we have come to know himc if we keep his commands.d 4Whoever says, “I know him,”e but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.f 5But if anyone obeys his word,g love for Goda is truly made complete in them.h This is how we knowi we are in him: 6Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.j

7Dear friends,k I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.l This old command is the message you have heard. 8Yet I am writing you a new command;m its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passingn and the true lighto is already shining.p

9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sisterbq is still in the darkness.r 10Anyone who loves their brother and sisterc lives in the light,s and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.t 11But anyone who hates a brother or sisteru is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness.v They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.w

Reasons for Writing

12I am writing to you, dear children,x

because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.y

13I am writing to you, fathers,

because you know him who is from the beginning.z

I am writing to you, young men,

because you have overcomea the evil one.b

14I write to you, dear children,c

because you know the Father.

I write to you, fathers,

because you know him who is from the beginning.d

I write to you, young men,

because you are strong,e

and the word of Godf lives in you,g

and you have overcome the evil one.h

On Not Loving the World

15Do not love the world or anything in the world.i If anyone loves the world, love for the Fatherd is not in them.j

Read in Logos
1 John 2:15: 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.

Footnotes

  1. aOr word, God’s love
  2. bThe Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15, 17; 4:20; 5:16.
  3. cThe Greek word for brother and sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 3:10; 4:20, 21.
  4. dOr world, the Father’s love

Cross references

  1. xver 12, 13, 28; 1 Jn 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21; See 1 Th 2:11
  2. ySee Ro 8:34; 1 Ti 2:5
  3. zRo 3:25; 1 Jn 4:10
  4. aSee Mt 1:21; See Jn 3:17
  5. bver 5; 1 Jn 3:24; 4:13; 5:2
  6. cSee ver 4
  7. dSee Jn 14:15
  8. ever 3; Tit 1:16; 1 Jn 3:6; 4:7, 8
  9. f1 Jn 1:6, 8
  10. gSee Jn 14:15
  11. h1 Jn 4:12
  12. iSee ver 3
  13. jSee Mt 11:29
  14. kSee 1 Co 10:14
  15. lver 24; 1 Jn 3:11, 23; 4:21; 2 Jn 5, 6
  16. mSee Jn 13:34
  17. nRo 13:12; Heb 10:25
  18. oJn 1:9
  19. pEph 5:8; 1 Th 5:5
  20. qver 11; Lev 19:17; 1 Jn 3:10, 15, 16; 4:20, 21
  21. r1 Jn 1:5
  22. s1 Jn 3:14
  23. tver 11; Ps 119:165
  24. uSee ver 9
  25. vSee 1 Jn 1:6
  26. wJn 11:9; 12:35
  27. xSee ver 1
  28. ySee 1 Jn 3:23
  29. zSee Jn 1:1
  30. aSee Jn 16:33
  31. bver 14; See Mt 5:37
  32. cSee ver 1
  33. dSee Jn 1:1
  34. eEph 6:10
  35. fSee Heb 4:12
  36. gJn 5:38; 1 Jn 1:10
  37. hSee ver 13
  38. iRo 12:2
  39. jJas 4:4

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.