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1 John 2

1 Christ is our Advocate, 10 Of true love, and how it is tried. 18 To beware of Antichrist.
1.My babes, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not: and if any man sin, we have an aAdvocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just.
2.And he is the reconciliation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of bthe whole world.
3.And hereby we are sure that we cknow him, if we keep his commandments.
4.He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5.But he that keepeth his word, in him is dthe love of God perfect in deed: hereby we know that we are in him.
6.He that saith he remaineth in him, ought even so to walk, as he hath walked.
7.Brethren, I write no new ^commandment unto you: but an old commandment, which ye have had from the ebeginning: the fold commandment is the word, which ye have heard from the beginning.
8.Again, a new commandment I write unto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9.He that saith that he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness until this time.
10.*He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of evil in him.
11.But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12.gLittle children, I write unto you, because your sins are forgiven you for hhis Name’s sake.
13.I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the ^wicked.
14.I write unto you, babes, because ye have known the Father. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him, that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the ^wicked.
15.Love not the iworld, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the *world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16.For all that is in the world (as the lust of the kflesh, the llust of the eyes, and the mpride of life) is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17.And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth ever.
18.Babes, it is the last time, and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last time.
19.nThey went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But this cometh to pass, that it might appear, that they are not all of us.
20.But ye have an oointment from him, that is pHolie, and ye have known all things.
21.I qhave not written unto you, because ye know not the truth: but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22.Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is rChrist? the same is the Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son.
23.Whosoever denieth the Son, the same shath not the Father||.
24.Let therefore abide in you that same which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning, shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25.And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
26.These things have I written unto you, concerning them that deceive you.
27.But the anointing which ye received of him, dwelleth in you: and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same tAnointing teacheth you of all things, and it is true, and is not lying, and as it taught you, ye shall abide ^in him.
28.And now, ulittle children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may be bold, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29.If ye know that he is righteous, know ye that he which doeth righteously, is born of him.

Notes

1-a.
Christ is our only Advocate and atonement: for the office of intercession and redemption are joined together.
2-b.
That is, of them which have embraced the Gospel by faith in all ages, degrees, and places: for there is no salvation without Christ.
3-c.
That is, by faith and so obey him for knowledge can not be without obedience.
5-d.
Whereby he loves God: so that to love God is to obey his word.
7-^.
Or, doctrine.
7-e.
When the Law was given.
7-f.
Love they neighbour as thy self, is the old commandment taught in the Law: but when Christ says, So love one another as I have loved you, he gives a new commandment only as touching the form, but not as touching the nature or substance of the precept.
10-*.
Chap. 3.14.
12-g.
He names all the faithful, children, as he being their spiritual father, attributing to old men knowledge of great things, to young men strength, to children obedience and reverence to their governors.
12-h.
For Christ’s sake.
13-^.
Or, the devil.
14-^.
Or, the devil.
15-*.
Jam. 4.4.
15-i.
As it is adversary to God.
16-k.
To live in pleasure.
16-l.
Wantonness.
16-m.
Ambition and pride.
19-n.
Which seemed to have been of our number, because for a time they occupied a place in the Church.
20-o.
The grace of the holie Ghost.
20-p.
Which is Christ.
21-q.
In this Epistle which I now write unto you,
22-r.
He that takes away or diminishes either of the natures in Christ, or he that confounds or separates them, else he that puts not difference between the person of the Son, & also he that believes not to have remis- sion of sins by his only sacrifice, denies Christ to be the true Messias.
23-||.
But he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father also.
23-s.
Then the infidels worship not the true God.
27-^.
Or, in Christ.
27-t.
Christ communicates himself unto you and teaches you by the holie Ghost and his ministers.
28-u.
By this name he means the whole Church of Christ in general.