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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 John 2</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_john/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//1_john/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/1_john/">1 John</a> > 1 John 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_john/1.htm" title="1 John 1">◄</a> 1 John 2 <a href="../1_john/3.htm" title="1 John 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/1_john/2.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_john/2.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_john/2.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_john/2.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/1_john/2.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_john/2.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/1_john/2.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Our Advocate<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He Himself is the atoning sacrifice<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked. <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">A New Commandment<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. <p class="reg"> I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="reg"> I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. <p class="reg"> I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Do Not Love the World<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. <A name="19"></a><p class="hdg">Beware of Antichrists<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. <A name="25"></a><p class="hdg">Remain in Christ<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life. <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught. <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And now, little children, remain in Christ,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/2-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>the propitiation</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>you have overcome evil</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 14<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> BYZ and TR <i>and you know all things</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>remain in Him</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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