1 John 2

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.Cross-references: Ps 4:4 · Ezek 3:21 · Zech 9:9 · Luke 10:22 · John 5:14 · John 5:19 · +36 more

2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.Cross-references: John 1:29 · John 4:42 · John 11:51 · John 12:32 · Rom 3:25 · 2Cor 5:18 · +7 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.Cross-references: Ps 119:6 · Ps 119:32 · Isa 53:11 · Luke 6:46 · John 14:15 · John 14:21 · +14 more

4One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.Cross-references: Hos 8:2 · Titus 1:16 · James 2:14 · 1John 1:6 · 1John 1:8 · 1John 1:10 · +2 more

5But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:Cross-references: Ps 105:45 · Ps 106:3 · Ps 119:2 · Ps 119:4 · Ps 119:146 · Prov 8:32 · +24 more

6he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.Cross-references: Ps 85:13 · Matt 11:29 · John 13:15 · John 15:4 · 1Cor 11:1 · Eph 5:2 · +5 more

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.Cross-references: Lev 19:18 · Lev 19:34 · Deut 6:5 · Matt 5:43 · Matt 22:37 · Mark 12:29 · +8 more

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.Cross-references: Ps 27:1 · Ps 36:9 · Ps 84:11 · Song 2:11 · Isa 9:2 · Isa 60:1 · +24 more

9He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.Cross-references: Ps 82:5 · John 9:41 · Rom 2:18 · 1Cor 13:1 · 2Pet 1:9 · 1John 1:6 · +4 more

10He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.Cross-references: Hos 6:3 · Matt 13:21 · Matt 18:7 · Luke 17:1 · John 8:31 · Rom 9:32 · +4 more

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.Cross-references: Prov 4:19 · John 12:35 · John 12:40 · 2Cor 3:14 · 2Cor 4:4 · Titus 3:3 · +3 more

12I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.Cross-references: Ps 25:11 · Ps 32:1 · Ps 106:8 · Jer 14:7 · Luke 5:20 · Luke 7:47 · +15 more

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.Cross-references: Ps 90:2 · Ps 91:14 · Ps 148:12 · Prov 20:29 · Joel 2:28 · Zech 9:17 · +26 more

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.Cross-references: Ps 119:11 · John 5:38 · John 8:31 · John 15:7 · Eph 6:10 · Phil 4:13 · +10 more

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.Cross-references: Matt 6:24 · Luke 16:13 · John 15:19 · Rom 12:2 · Gal 1:10 · Eph 2:2 · +7 more

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.Cross-references: Gen 3:6 · Gen 6:2 · Num 11:4 · Num 11:34 · Josh 7:21 · Esth 1:3 · +27 more

17The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.Cross-references: Ps 39:6 · Ps 73:18 · Ps 90:9 · Ps 102:26 · Ps 125:1 · Ps 143:10 · +22 more

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.Cross-references: Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:11 · Matt 24:24 · Mark 13:6 · Mark 13:21 · John 21:5 · +15 more

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.Cross-references: Deut 13:13 · Job 17:9 · Ps 37:28 · Ps 41:9 · Ps 125:1 · Jer 32:38 · +23 more

20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.Cross-references: Ps 16:10 · Ps 23:5 · Ps 45:7 · Ps 71:22 · Ps 92:10 · Prov 28:5 · +18 more

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.Cross-references: Prov 1:5 · Prov 9:8 · Rom 15:14 · 2Pet 1:12 · Jude 1:5

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.Cross-references: John 8:44 · 1Cor 12:2 · 1John 1:6 · 1John 2:4 · 1John 2:18 · 1John 2:23 · +5 more

23Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.Cross-references: Matt 11:27 · Luke 10:22 · John 5:23 · John 8:19 · John 10:30 · John 14:9 · +5 more

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.Cross-references: Ps 119:11 · Prov 23:23 · Luke 1:2 · Luke 9:44 · John 8:25 · John 14:23 · +17 more

25This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.Cross-references: Dan 12:2 · Luke 18:30 · John 5:39 · John 6:27 · John 6:47 · John 6:54 · +17 more

26These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.Cross-references: Prov 12:26 · Ezek 13:10 · Mark 13:22 · Acts 20:29 · 2Cor 11:13 · Col 2:8 · +6 more

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.Cross-references: Jer 31:33 · John 4:14 · John 8:31 · John 14:17 · John 14:26 · John 15:4 · +13 more

28Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.Cross-references: Isa 25:9 · Isa 45:17 · Mal 3:2 · Mal 4:5 · Mark 8:38 · Rom 9:33 · +19 more

29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.Cross-references: Jer 13:23 · Zech 9:9 · Matt 7:16 · John 1:13 · John 3:3 · Acts 3:14 · +21 more