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1 John 2 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:1 - My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:2 - He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:3 - And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:4 - If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:5 - But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:6 - Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.
A New Commandment

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:7 - Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:8 - Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:9 - If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a Christian brother or sister,[fn] that person is still living in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:10 - Anyone who loves another brother or sister[fn] is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:11 - But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:12 - I am writing to you who are God’s children
because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:13 - I am writing to you who are mature in the faith[fn]
because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.
I am writing to you who are young in the faith
because you have won your battle with the evil one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:14 - I have written to you who are God’s children
because you know the Father.
I have written to you who are mature in the faith
because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.
I have written to you who are young in the faith
because you are strong.
God’s word lives in your hearts,
and you have won your battle with the evil one.
Do Not Love This World

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:15 - Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:16 - For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:17 - And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
Warning about Antichrists

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:18 - Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:19 - These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:20 - But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit,[fn] and all of you know the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:21 - So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:22 - And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.[fn] Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:23 - Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:24 - So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:25 - And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:26 - I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:27 - But you have received the Holy Spirit,[fn] and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit[fn] teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.
Living as Children of God

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:28 - And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ so that when he returns, you will be full of courage and not shrink back from him in shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:29 - Since we know that Christ is righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God’s children.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Greek hates his brother; similarly in 2:11.
Greek loves his brother.
Greek through his name.
Or to you fathers; also in 2:14.
Greek But you have an anointing from the Holy One.
Or not the Messiah.
Or the antichrist.
Greek the anointing from him.
Greek the anointing.
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