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1John 2
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Christ Our Helper

2I am writing this to you, my children, so that you will not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have someone who pleads with the Father on our behalf - Jesus Christ, the righteous one.G3450G5040G5023G1125G5213G3363G264G3363G2532G1437G5100G264G2192G3875G4314G3962G2424G5547G1342
2And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.G2532G846G2076G2434G4012G2257G266G1161G3756G4012G2251G3440G235G2532G4012G3650G2889
3If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.G2532G1722G5129G1097G3754G1097G846G1437G5083G846G1785
4If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.G3004G1097G846G2532G5083G3361G846G1785G2076G5583G2532G225G2076G3756G1722G5129
5But if we obey his word, we are the ones whose love for God has really been made perfect. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:G1161G3739G302G5083G846G3056G1722G5129G230G5048G26G2316G5048G1722G5129G1097G3754G2070G1722G846
6if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.G3004G3306G1722G846G3784G846G2532G3779G4043G2531G1565G4043

The New Command

7My dear friends, this command I am writing you is not new; it is the old command, the one you have had from the very beginning. The old command is the message you have already heard.G80G1125G3756G2537G1785G5213G235G3820G1785G3739G2192G575G746G3820G1785G2076G3056G3739G191G575G746
8However, the command I now write you is new, because its truth is seen in Christ and also in you. For the darkness is passing away, and the real light is already shining.G3825G2537G1785G1125G5213G3739G2076G227G1722G846G2532G1722G5213G3754G4653G3855G2532G228G5457G2235G5316
9If we say that we are in the light, yet hate others, we are in the darkness to this very hour.G3004G1511G1722G5457G2532G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2193G737
10If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else to sin.G25G846G80G3306G1722G5457G2532G2076G3756G4625G1722G846
11But if we hate others, we are in the darkness; we walk in it and do not know where we are going, because the darkness has made us blind.G1161G3404G846G80G2076G1722G4653G2532G4043G1722G4653G2532G1492G3756G4226G5217G3754G4653G5186G846G3788
12I write to you, my children, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of Christ.G1125G5213G5040G3754G266G863G5213G1223G846G3686G1223
13I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G3528G4190G1125G5213G3813G3754G1097G3962
14I write to you, my children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.G1125G5213G3962G3754G1097G575G746G1125G5213G3495G3754G2075G2478G2532G3056G2316G3306G1722G5213G2532G3528G4190
15Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.G25G3361G2889G3366G1722G2889G1437G5100G25G2889G26G3962G2076G3756G1722G846
16Everything that belongs to the world - what the sinful self desires, what people see and want, and everything in this world that people are so proud of - none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.G3754G3956G1722G2889G1939G4561G2532G1939G3788G2532G212G979G2076G3756G1537G3962G235G2076G1537G2889
17The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever.G2532G2889G3855G2532G1939G846G1161G4160G2307G2316G3306G1519G165

The Enemy of Christ

18My children, the end is near! You were told that the Enemy of Christ would come; and now many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and so we know that the end is near.G3813G2076G2078G5610G2532G2531G191G3754G500G2064G2532G3568G1096G4183G500G3606G1097G3754G2076G2078G5610
19These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.G1831G1537G2257G235G2258G3756G1537G2257G1063G1487G2258G1537G2257G302G3306G3326G2257G235G2443G5319G3754G1526G3756G3956G1537G2257
20But you have had the Holy Spirit poured out on you by Christ, and so all of you know the truth.G2532G5210G2192G5545G575G40G2532G1492G3956
21I write you, then, not because you do not know the truth; instead, it is because you do know it, and you also know that no lie ever comes from the truth.G1125G3756G1125G5213G3754G1492G3756G225G235G3754G1492G846G2532G3754G3956G3756G5579G2076G1537G225
22Who, then, is the liar? It is those who say that Jesus is not the Messiah. Such people are the Enemy of Christ - they reject both the Father and the Son.G5101G2076G5583G1508G720G3754G2424G2076G3756G5547G3778G2076G500G720G3962G2532G5207
23For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also.G3956G720G5207G2192G3761G3962G3670G5207G2192G3962G2532
24Be sure, then, to keep in your hearts the message you heard from the beginning. If you keep that message, then you will always live in union with the Son and the Father.G3306G3767G3306G1722G5213G3739G5210G191G575G746G1437G3739G191G575G746G3306G1722G5213G5210G2532G3306G1722G5207G2532G1722G3962
25And this is what Christ himself promised to give us - eternal life.G2532G3778G2076G1860G3739G846G1861G2254G166G2222
26I am writing this to you about those who are trying to deceive you.G5023G1125G5213G4012G4105G5209
27But as for you, Christ has poured out his Spirit on you. As long as his Spirit remains in you, you do not need anyone to teach you. For his Spirit teaches you about everything, and what he teaches is true, not false. Obey the Spirit's teaching, then, and remain in union with Christ.G2532G5545G3739G5210G2983G575G846G3306G1722G5213G2532G5532G2192G3756G2443G5100G1321G5209G235G5613G846G5545G1321G5209G4012G3956G2532G2076G227G2532G2076G3756G5579G2532G2531G1321G5209G3306G1722G846
28Yes, my children, remain in union with him, so that when he appears we may be full of courage and need not hide in shame from him on the Day he comes.G2532G3568G5040G3306G1722G846G2443G3752G5319G2192G3954G2532G3361G153G575G846G1722G846G3952
29You know that Christ is righteous; you should know, then, that everyone who does what is right is God's child.G1437G1492G3754G2076G1342G1097G3754G3956G4160G1343G1080G1537G846


Good News Translation. Scripture taken from the Good News Translation in Today’s English Version- Second Edition Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. More details.
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