1John.2.12

I remind you, my dear children: Your sins are forgiven in Jesus' name.

1John.2.12

I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

1John.2.12

I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.

1John.2.12

I am writing to you, my dear children, because your sins have been forgiven because of Jesus.

1John.2.13

You veterans were in on the ground floor, and know the One who started all this; you newcomers have won a big victory over the Evil One. And a second reminder, dear children: You know the Father from personal experience.

1John.2.13

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father.

1John.2.13

I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.

1John.2.13

I am writing to you who are mature because you know Christ, the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you who are young because you have won your battle with Satan.

1John.2.14

You veterans know the One who started it all; and you newcomers--such vitality and strength! God's word is so steady in you. Your fellowship with God enables you to gain a victory over the Evil One.

1John.2.14

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1John.2.14

I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known 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 wicked one.

1John.2.14

I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you who are mature because you know Christ, the one who is from the beginning. I have written to you who are young because you are strong with God's word living in your hearts, and you have won your battle with Satan.

1John.2.15

Don't love the world's ways. Don't love the world's goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.

1John.2.15

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1John.2.15

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1John.2.15

Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you.

1John.2.16

Practically everything that goes on in the world--wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important--has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him.

1John.2.16

For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.

1John.2.16

For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

1John.2.16

For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.

1John.2.17

The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out--but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.

1John.2.17

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

1John.2.17

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

1John.2.17

And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.

1John.2.18

Children, time is just about up. You heard that Antichrist is coming. Well, they're all over the place, antichrists everywhere you look. That's how we know that we're close to the end.

1John.2.18

Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

1John.2.18

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

1John.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 end of the world has come.

1John.2.19

They left us, but they were never really with us. If they had been, they would have stuck it out with us, loyal to the end. In leaving, they showed their true colors, showed they never did belong.

1John.2.19

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

1John.2.19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

1John.2.19

These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.

1John.2.20

But you belong. The Holy One anointed you, and you all know it.

1John.2.20

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

1John.2.20

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

1John.2.20

But you are not like that, for the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and all of you know the truth.

1John.2.21

I haven't been writing this to tell you something you don't know, but to confirm the truth you do know, and to remind you that the truth doesn't breed lies.

1John.2.21

I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

1John.2.21

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

1John.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 falsehood.

1John.2.22

So who is lying here? It's the person who denies that Jesus is the Divine Christ, that's who. This is what makes an antichrist: denying the Father, denying the Son.

1John.2.22

Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son.

1John.2.22

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

1John.2.22

And who is the great liar? The one who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Such people are antichrists, for they have denied the Father and the Son.

1John.2.23

No one who denies the Son has any part with the Father, but affirming the Son is an embrace of the Father as well.

1John.2.23

No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

1John.2.23

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

1John.2.23

Anyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father either. But anyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.

1John.2.24

Stay with what you heard from the beginning, the original message. Let it sink into your life. If what you heard from the beginning lives deeply in you, you will live deeply in both Son and Father.

1John.2.24

See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

1John.2.24

Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

1John.2.24

So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will continue to live in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.

1John.2.25

This is exactly what Christ promised: eternal life, real life!

1John.2.25

And this is what he promised us--even eternal life.

1John.2.25

And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life.

1John.2.25

And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

1John.2.26

I've written to warn you about those who are trying to deceive you.

1John.2.26

I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.

1John.2.26

These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.

1John.2.26

I have written these things to you because you need to be aware of those who want to lead you astray.

1John.2.27

But they're no match for what is embedded deeply within you--Christ's anointing, no less! You don't need any of their so-called teaching. Christ's anointing teaches you the truth on everything you need to know about yourself and him, uncontaminated by a single lie. Live deeply in what you were taught.

1John.2.27

As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit--just as it has taught you, remain in him.

1John.2.27

But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

1John.2.27

But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you all things, and what he teaches is true--it is not a lie. So continue in what he has taught you, and continue to live in Christ.