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    1 John · 29 verses

    1 John 2

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    The antichrist is announced as a singular arrival, only for the doorway to open on many antichrists already abroad.

    The old commandment wears a new coatvv. 1–11

    The voice begins with sin, an advocate, and an atoning sacrifice broad enough for the whole world. Then comes the chapter’s neat little turn: the commandment is old, and then, almost at once, new. The light is shining, but hatred proves a person is still fumbling about in darkness; love, rather more usefully, leaves no cause of stumbling.

    A household, then the worldvv. 12–17

    Little children, fathers, young men, and children are addressed in turn, with forgiveness, knowledge, strength, and victory over the evil one distributed among them. Then the whole world is brought in, carrying desires of flesh and eyes and the pride of life. It is passing away, rather dramatically, while the one who does the will of God remains forever.

    Many antichrists and no need of a teachervv. 18–29

    It is the last hour, and the expected antichrist is not allowed to keep his singular entrance: many antichrists have appeared. Some went out from the company, which is presented as proof that they had not belonged to it—a remarkably tidy piece of sorting by departure. The readers possess an anointing, know the truth, and do not need anyone to teach them, although the voice is writing to them about deceivers and telling them to remain. The final movement returns to Jesus, whose appearing is awaited, and to righteousness as the family likeness of those born from Him.

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    1. 1 John 2:1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

    2. 1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

    3. 1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

    4. 1 John 2:4If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5. 1 John 2:5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

    6. 1 John 2:6Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

    7. 1 John 2:7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

    8. 1 John 2:8Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

    9. 1 John 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.

    10. 1 John 2:10Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

    11. 1 John 2:11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

    12. 1 John 2:12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name.

    13. 1 John 2:13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

    14. 1 John 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 abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

    15. 1 John 2:15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16. 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

    17. 1 John 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

    18. 1 John 2:18Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

    19. 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

    20. 1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

    21. 1 John 2:21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

    22. 1 John 2:22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

    23. 1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

    24. 1 John 2:24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

    25. 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

    26. 1 John 2:26I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

    27. 1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

    28. 1 John 2:28And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.

    29. 1 John 2:29If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

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    • 15James 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
    • 15Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
    • 15Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
    • 15Colossians 3:1–2Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
    • 15Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
    • 151 John 5:4–5because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
    • 11 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
    • 15John 15:19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
    • 61 Peter 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
    • 16Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
    • 27John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
    • 151 John 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
    • 151 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
    • 1Romans 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
    • 6John 13:15I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
    • 15Galatians 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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