| Chapter 2 |
| 1 | My little children, these
things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: |
| 2 | And he is the
propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the
whole world. |
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| And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his
commandments. |
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4 | He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. |
| 5 | But whoso
keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we
that we are in him. |
| 6 | He that saith he abideth in him ought himself
also so to walk, even as he walked. |
| 7 | Brethren, I write no new
commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning.
The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
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| 8 | Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him
and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
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| 9 | He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness
even until now. |
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10 | He that loveth his brother abideth in the light,
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. |
| 11 | But he that
hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not
whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. |
| 12 | I
write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his
name's sake. |
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13 | I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known
him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have
overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have
known the Father. |
| 14 | I have written unto you, fathers, because ye
have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men,
because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome
the wicked one. |
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15 | Love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in
him. |
| 16 |
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the
lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
world. |
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| And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he
that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. |
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18 | Little children, it is
the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are
there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. |
| 19 |
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us,
they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might
be made manifest that they were not all of us. |
| 20 | But ye have
an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. |
| 21 | I have not
written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and
that no lie is of the truth. |
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22 | Who is a liar but he that denieth that
Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the
Son. |
| 23 |
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he
that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. |
| 24 | Let that
therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which
ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in
the Son, and in the Father. |
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25 | And this is the promise that he hath
promised us, even eternal life. |
| 26 | These things have I written
unto you concerning them that seduce you. |
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27 | But the anointing which ye
have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you:
but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no
lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. |
| 28 | And now,
little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have
confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. |
| 29 | If ye
know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is
born of him. |
