I John….
Yochanan Aleph
1:1That which was from the beginning, that
which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we
saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life 1:2(and the life was revealed, and we have
seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was
with the Father, and was revealed to us); 1:3that which we have seen and heard we
declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 1:4And we write these things to you, that
our joy may be fulfilled.
1:5This is the message which we have heard
from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at
all. 1:6If we say
that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't
tell the truth. 1:7But
if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 1:8If we say that we
have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful
and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. 1:10If
we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1My little children, I write these things
to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the
Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. 2:2And he is the atoning sacrifice
for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. 2:3This is how we
know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. 2:4One who says, "I know him,"
and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him. 2:5But whoever keeps
his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we
know that we are in him: 2:6he
who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
2:7Brothers, I write no new commandment to
you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old
commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. 2:8Again, I write a new commandment to
you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away,
and the true light already shines. 2:9He
who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even
until now. 2:10He
who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for
stumbling in him. 2:11But
he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and
doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
2:12I write to you, little children, because
your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
2:13I write to you, fathers, because you know
him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you have overcome the evil one.
I write to you, little children,
because you know the Father.
2:14I have written to you, fathers, because
you know him who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young
men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have
overcome the evil one.
2:15Don't love the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in
him. 2:16For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
2:17The world is
passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.
2:18Little children, these are the end times,
and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists
have arisen. By this we know that it is the end times. 2:19They went out from us, but they
didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have
continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of
them belong to us. 2:20You
have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know the truth. 2:21I have not written to you because you
don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the
truth. 2:22Who
is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the
Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 2:23Whoever denies the Son, the same
doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
2:24Therefore, as for you, let that remain in
you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the
beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
2:25This is the
promise which he promised us, the eternal life. 2:26These things I have written to you
concerning those who would lead you astray. 2:27As for you, the anointing which you
received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you.
But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is
no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him. 2:28Now, little children, remain in him,
that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at
his coming. 2:29If
you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices
righteousness is born of him.
3:1Behold, how great a love the Father has
bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the
world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him. 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God,
and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is
revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is. 3:3Everyone who has
this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure. 3:4Everyone who sins also commits
lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. 3:5You
know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin. 3:6Whoever remains
in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.
3:7Little children, let no one lead you
astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 3:8He who sins is of
the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the
Son of God was revealed, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 3:9Whoever is born
of God doesn't commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he can't sin,
because he is born of God. 3:10In
this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever
doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his
brother. 3:11For
this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love
one another; 3:12unlike
Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him?
Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous. 3:13Don't be surprised, my brothers, if
the world hates you. 3:14We
know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the
brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death. 3:15Whoever hates his brother is a
murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
3:16By this we know love, because he laid
down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 3:17But whoever has
the world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of
compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him? 3:18My little
children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in
deed and truth. 3:19And
by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
3:20because if
our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 3:21Beloved, if our
hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God; 3:22and whatever we ask, we receive from
him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in
his sight. 3:23This
is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus
Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. 3:24He who keeps his commandments remains
in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit
which he gave us.
4:1Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but
test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have
gone out into the world. 4:2By
this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ
has come in the flesh is of God, 4:3and
every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is
not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard
that it comes. Now it is in the world already. 4:4You are of God, little children, and
have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the
world. 4:5They are
of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. 4:6We are of God. He
who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By
this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
4:7Beloved, let us love one another, for
love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God. 4:8He who doesn't
love doesn't know God, for God is love. 4:9By this was God's love revealed in us,
that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live
through him. 4:10In
this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son
as the atoning
sacrifice for our sins. 4:11Beloved,
if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another. 4:12No one has seen
God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has
been perfected in us. 4:13By
this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of
his Spirit. 4:14We
have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the
world. 4:15Whoever
confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. 4:16We know and
have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains
in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 4:17In this love has been made perfect
among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is,
even so are we in this world. 4:18There
is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has
punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 4:19We love Him, because he first loved
us. 4:20If a man
says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who
doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has
not seen? 4:21This
commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his
brother.
5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ
is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of
him. 5:2By this
we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his
commandments. 5:3For
this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are
not grievous. 5:4For
whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has
overcome the world: your faith. 5:5Who
is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of
God? 5:6This is
he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but
with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the
Spirit is the truth. 5:7For
there are three who testify*: 5:8the Spirit, and
the water, and the blood; and the three agree as one. 5:9If we receive the witness of men, the
witness of God is greater; for this is God's testimony which he has testified
concerning his Son. 5:10He
who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't
believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony
that God has given concerning his Son. 5:11The testimony is this,
that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 5:12He who has the
Son has the life. He who doesn't have God's Son doesn't have the life. 5:13These things I
have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may
know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the
name of the Son of God.
5:14This is the boldness which we have toward
him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. 5:15And if we know
that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions
which we have asked of him.
5:16If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin
not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who
sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don't say that
he should make a request concerning this. 5:17All unrighteousness is sin, and there
is a sin not leading to death. 5:18We
know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God
keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him. 5:19We know that we are of God, and the
whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 5:20We know that the Son of God has come,
and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are
in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
eternal life.
5:21Little children, keep yourselves from
idols.
Notes:
[1] back
to 2:1 Greek Parakleton: Counselor, Helper,
Intercessor, Advocate, and Comfortor.
[2] back
to 2:2 "atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means
of appeasement or propitiation-- the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath
because of our sin.
[3] back
to 4:10 "atoning sacrifice" is from the Greek "hilasmos," an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of
appeasement or propitiation-- the sacrifice that turns away God's wrath
because of our sin.
[4] back
to 5:7 Only a few recent manuscripts add "in heaven: the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that
testify on earth"
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