1 John 2:1-11 ▼

1 My little children, I am writing these things to you? so that you? might not sin. And if anyone might sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One.

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

3 And by this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commandments.

4 The one saying, “I have known Him,” and not keeping His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But whoever may keep His word, truly in him the love of God has been perfected. In this we know that we are in Him:

6 The one claiming to remain in Him ought, according to the manner that He walked, also himself in the same way to walk.

7 Beloved, I am not writing to you? a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you? have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you? heard.

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

9 The one claiming to be in the light and hating his brother is in the darkness until now.

10 The one loving his brother remains in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

11 But the one hating his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness; and he does not know where he goes, because the darkness blinded his eyes.