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First Epistle of John, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 of 1 John—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ My little children, I am writing YOU these things that YOU may not commit a sin.[a]1 And yet, if anyone does commit a sin, we have a helper[b]2 with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one.3
  2. And he is a propitiatory4 sacrifice[c]5 for our sins,6 yet not for ours7 only but also for the whole world’s.8
  3. And by this we have the knowledge that we have come to know him, namely, if we continue observing his commandments.9
  4. He that says: “I have come to know him,”10 and yet is not observing his commandments,11 is a liar, and the truth is not in this [person].12
  5. But whoever does observe his word,13 truthfully in this [person] the love of God has been made perfect.14 By this we have the knowledge that we are in union with him.15
  6. He that says he remains in union16 with him is under obligation himself also to go on walking just as that one walked.17
  7. ¶ Beloved ones, I am writing YOU, not a new commandment, but an old commandment18 which YOU have had from [the] beginning.19 This old commandment is the word which YOU heard.
  8. Again, I am writing YOU a new commandment, a fact that is true in his case and in YOURS, because the darkness20 is passing away and the true light21 is already shining.
  9. ¶ He that says he is in the light and yet hates22 his brother is in the darkness up to right now.23
  10. He that loves his brother remains in the light,24 and there is no cause for stumbling in his case.25
  11. But he that hates his brother is in the darkness and is walking in the darkness,26 and he does not know where he is going,27 because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  12. ¶ I am writing YOU, little children, because YOUR sins have been forgiven YOU for the sake of his name.28
  13. I am writing YOU, fathers, because YOU have come to know him who is from [the] beginning.29 I am writing YOU, young men,30 because YOU have conquered the wicked one.31 I write YOU, young children,32 because YOU have come to know the Father.33
  14. I write YOU, fathers,34 because YOU have come to know him who is from [the] beginning.35 I write YOU, young men, because YOU are strong36 and the word of God[d] remains in YOU37 and YOU have conquered the wicked one.38
  15. ¶ Do not be loving either the world or the things in the world.39 If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;40
  16. because everything in the world41—the desire of the flesh42 and the desire of the eyes43 and the showy display[e] of one’s means of life44—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world.45
  17. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire,46 but he that does the will47 of God remains forever.48
  18. ¶ Young children, it is the last hour,49 and, just as YOU have heard that antichrist[f] is coming,50 even now there have come to be many antichrists;51 from which fact we gain the knowledge that it is the last hour.
  19. They went out from us, but they were not of our sort;52 for if they had been of our sort, they would have remained with us.53 But [they went out] that it might be shown up that not all are of our sort.54
  20. And YOU have an anointing[g] from the holy one;55 all of YOU have knowledge.56
  21. I write YOU, not because YOU do not know the truth,57 but because YOU know it,58 and because no lie originates with the truth.59
  22. ¶ Who is the liar if it is not the one that denies that Jesus is the Christ?60 This is the antichrist,61 the one that denies the Father and the Son.62
  23. Everyone that denies the Son does not have the Father either.63 He that confesses64 the Son has the Father also.65
  24. As for YOU, let that which YOU have heard from [the] beginning remain in YOU.66 If that which YOU have heard from [the] beginning remains in YOU, YOU will also abide in union67 with the Son and in union with the Father.68
  25. Furthermore, this is the promised thing that he himself promised us, the life everlasting.69
  26. ¶ These things I write YOU about those who are trying to mislead YOU.70
  27. And as for YOU, the anointing71 that YOU received from him remains in YOU, and YOU do not need anyone to be teaching YOU;72 but, as the anointing from him is teaching YOU about all things,73 and is true74 and is no lie, and just as it has taught YOU, remain in union75 with him.
  28. So now, little children,76 remain in union77 with him, that when he is made manifest78 we may have freeness of speech79 and not be shamed away from him at his presence.[h]80
  29. If YOU know that he is righteous,81 YOU gain the knowledge that everyone who practices righteousness has been born from him.82

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “You may . . . commit a sin.” Gr., ha·marʹte·te, a verb in the aorist subjunctive. According to A Grammar of New Testament Greek, by James H. Moulton, Vol. I, 1908, p. 109, “the Aorist has a ‘punctiliar’ action, that is, it regards action as a point: it represents the point of entrance . . . or that of completion . . . or it looks at a whole action simply as having occurred, without distinguishing any steps in its progress.”
  2. ^ Lit., “paraclete.” Gr., pa·raʹkle·ton.
  3. ^ Lit., “propitiation.” Lat., pro·pi·ti·aʹti·o. See Heb 9:5 ftn.
  4. ^ “Of God.” B omits.
  5. ^ Lit., “the self-assumption.”
  6. ^ “Antichrist.” Gr., an·tiʹkhri·stos; Lat., an·ti·chriʹstus; J17(Heb.), tsar ham·ma·shiʹach.
  7. ^ “Anointing.” Gr., khriʹsma; Lat., unc·ti·oʹnem.
  8. ^ See App 5B.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ga 6:1; 1Jo 3:6
  2. ^ Ro 8:34; Heb 7:25
  3. ^ 1Ti 2:5
  4. ^ Ro 3:25; 1Ti 2:6; Heb 2:17; 1Jo 4:10
  5. ^ 1Co 5:7; 2Co 5:21
  6. ^ Le 16:6; Is 53:5; Col 1:14; 1Ti 1:15; 1Pe 2:24
  7. ^ Jm 1:18; Re 14:4
  8. ^ Le 16:15; Mt 20:28; Jn 1:29; 10:16; Re 7:14
  9. ^ Jn 14:21; 15:10
  10. ^ Ho 8:2
  11. ^ Ho 8:1
  12. ^ Ti 1:16
  13. ^ Jn 14:23
  14. ^ 1Jo 4:18
  15. ^ Jn 14:20; 17:21
  16. ^ Jn 15:4
  17. ^ Jn 13:15; 1Pe 2:21
  18. ^ Le 19:18; De 6:5; Jn 13:34
  19. ^ 1Jo 1:1; 2Jo 5
  20. ^ Ro 13:12; 1Th 5:5
  21. ^ Jn 1:9; 8:12; Col 2:17
  22. ^ Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Ti 3:3; 1Jo 3:15
  23. ^ Is 59:9; 1Co 13:2
  24. ^ Eph 5:8
  25. ^ Jn 11:9; 2Pe 1:10
  26. ^ Jn 11:10; 2Pe 1:9; 1Jo 4:20
  27. ^ Jn 12:35
  28. ^ Lu 24:47; Ac 4:12; 10:43
  29. ^ Jn 1:1
  30. ^ Ti 2:6
  31. ^ Jm 4:7; 1Jo 5:19; Re 12:11
  32. ^ Ga 4:19
  33. ^ Jn 17:25
  34. ^ 1Ti 5:17
  35. ^ 1Jo 1:1
  36. ^ Eph 6:10
  37. ^ Heb 8:10; 2Jo 2; 3Jo 3
  38. ^ Ro 8:37
  39. ^ Ro 12:2; 1Co 7:31; Eph 5:15
  40. ^ Mt 6:24; Jm 4:4
  41. ^ Ti 2:12
  42. ^ Mt 5:28; Ro 13:14; 1Pe 1:14
  43. ^ Ge 3:6; Pr 27:20; Mt 4:8
  44. ^ Ec 5:11; Jm 4:16
  45. ^ 1Co 7:33; Eph 2:2
  46. ^ 1Co 7:31; 1Pe 1:24
  47. ^ Mt 7:21; 1Pe 4:2
  48. ^ Ps 37:29; Jn 6:40
  49. ^ Mt 24:33
  50. ^ Mt 24:24; 2Th 2:3; 2Pe 2:1
  51. ^ Mt 13:27; 2Th 2:7; 2Jo 7; Jd 4
  52. ^ Ac 20:30
  53. ^ Jn 6:37
  54. ^ 1Co 11:19
  55. ^ 2Co 1:21; 1Jo 2:27
  56. ^ Heb 10:26
  57. ^ Jn 8:32
  58. ^ 2Pe 1:12
  59. ^ Jn 8:44
  60. ^ 1Jo 4:3; 2Jo 7
  61. ^ 1Jo 2:18
  62. ^ Lu 12:9
  63. ^ Jn 5:23; 2Jo 9
  64. ^ Ro 10:10
  65. ^ Jn 14:7; 1Jo 4:15
  66. ^ Jn 14:23; 2Jo 6
  67. ^ Jn 15:4
  68. ^ 1Jo 3:24
  69. ^ Jn 17:3; 1Jo 1:2
  70. ^ Mr 13:22; 3Jo 10; Re 2:20
  71. ^ 2Co 1:21; 1Jo 2:20
  72. ^ Je 31:34; Heb 8:11
  73. ^ Jn 14:26; 16:13
  74. ^ Jn 17:17; Ro 3:4
  75. ^ Jn 17:21
  76. ^ 1Jo 3:2
  77. ^ Jn 6:56
  78. ^ Col 3:4; 1Ti 6:14
  79. ^ 1Jo 4:17
  80. ^ Mt 24:3; 1Th 3:13
  81. ^ 1Jo 3:7
  82. ^ 1Pe 1:23; 1Jo 4:7

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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