1 John 2:1-11 ▼

1 My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin: and if anyone may 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 the whole world,

3 and in this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commands;

4 he who is saying, “I have known Him,” and is not keeping His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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

6 He who is saying he remains in Him, himself ought to also walk according as He walked.

7 Beloved, I do not write a new command to you, but an old command, that you had from the beginning—the old command is the word that you heard from the beginning;

8 again, a new command I write to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light now shines;

9 he who is saying he is in the light, and is hating his brother, he is in the darkness until now;

10 he who is loving his brother, he remains in the light, and there is not a stumbling-block in him;

11 but he who is hating his brother, he is in the darkness, and he walks in the darkness, and he has not known where he goes, because the darkness blinded his eyes.