1 John 2 NKJV ISV Parallel

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1My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

1My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus, the Messiah, one who is righteous.

2And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

2It is he who is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world's.

3Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

3This is how we can be sure that we have come to know him: if we continually keep his commandments.

4He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

4The person who says, "I have come to know him," but does not continually keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth has no place in that person.

5But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

5But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:

6He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

6The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.

7Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.

7Dear friends, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.

8Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

8On the other hand, I am writing to you a new commandment that is truly in him and in you. For the darkness is fading away, and the true light is already shining.

9He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.

9The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.

10He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

10The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.

11But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

11But the person who hates his brother is in the darkness and lives in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.

12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

13I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.

13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have overcome the evil one.

14I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

14I have written to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, because you are strong and because God's word remains in you and you have overcome the evil one.

15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

15Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.

16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

16For everything that is in the world—the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance—is not from the Father but is from the world.

17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

17And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.

18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

18Little children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that an antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

19They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.

20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

20You have an anointing from the Holy One and know all things.

21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because lies don't come from truth.

22Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

22Who is a liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? The person who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.

23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

23No one who denies the Son has the Father. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.

24Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

24What you have heard from the beginning must abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, you will also abide in the Son and in the Father.

25And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

25The message that the Son himself declared to us is eternal life.

26These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.

26I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

27But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

27The anointing you received from God abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this. Instead, because God's anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.

28And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

28Even now, little children, abide in him. Then, when he appears, we will have confidence and will not turn away from him in shame when he comes.

29If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

29Since you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by God.

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