1 John 2
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
1Filioli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccetis. Sed et si quis peccaverit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum justum:
2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
2et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi.
3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
3Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata ejus observemus.
4One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
4Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandata ejus non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est.
5But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
5Qui autem servat verbum ejus, vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est: et in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus.
6he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
6Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare.
7Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
7Carissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio. Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.
8Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
8Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet.
9He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
9Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc.
10He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
10Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est.
11But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
11Qui autem odit fratrem suum, in tenebris est, et in tenebris ambulat, et nescit quo eat: quia tenebræ obcæcaverunt oculos ejus.
12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
12Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen ejus.
13I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
13Scribo vobis, patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis, adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.
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 remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
14Scribo vobis, infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis juvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum.
15Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
15Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quæ in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est caritas Patris in eo:
16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
16quoniam omne quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitæ: quæ non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.
17The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
17Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia ejus: qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in æternum.
18Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
18Filioli, novissima hora est: et sicut audistis quia antichristus venit, et nunc antichristi multi facti sunt; unde scimus, quia novissima hora est.
19They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
19Ex nobis prodierunt, sed non erant ex nobis, nam, si fuissent ex nobis, permansissent utique nobiscum: sed ut manifesti sint quoniam non sunt omnes ex nobis.
20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
20Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia.
21I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
21Non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem, sed quasi scientibus eam: et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est.
22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
22Quis est mendax, nisi is qui negat quoniam Jesus est Christus? Hic est antichristus, qui negat Patrem, et Filium.
23Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
23Omnis qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet: qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet.
24Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
24Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat: si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis.
25This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
25Et hæc est repromissio, quam ipse pollicitus est nobis, vitam æternam.
26These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
26Hæc scripsi vobis de his, qui seducant vos.
27As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
27Et vos unctionem, quam accepistis ab eo, maneat in vobis. Et non necesse habetis ut aliquis doceat vos: sed sicut unctio ejus docet vos de omnibus, et verum est, et non est mendacium. Et sicut docuit vos: manete in eo.
28Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
28Et nunc, filioli, manete in eo: ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu ejus.
29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
29Si scitis quoniam justus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit justitiam, ex ipso natus est.
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