1 John 2

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 My children, I am writing this to prevent you from sinning; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocatewith the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright.	1 My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:
2 He is the sacrifice to expiate our sins, and not only ours, but also those of the whole world.	2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
3 In this way we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.	3 And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
4 Whoever says, 'I know him' without keeping his commandments, is a liar, and truth has no place in him.	4 He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But anyone who does keep his word, in such a one God's love truly reaches its perfection. This is theproof that we are in God.	5 But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.
6 Whoever claims to remain in him must act as he acted.	6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.
7 My dear friends, this is not a new commandment I am writing for you, but an old commandment that youhave had from the beginning; the old commandment is the message you have heard.	7 Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.
8 Yet in another way, I am writing a new commandment for you -- and this is true for you, just as much asfor him -- for darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining.	8 Again a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true both in him and in you; because the darkness is passed, and the true light now shineth.
9 Whoever claims to be in light but hates his brother is still in darkness.	9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 Anyone who loves his brother remains in light and there is in him nothing to make him fall away.	10 He that loveth his brother, abideth in the light, and there is no scandal in him.
11 But whoever hates his brother is in darkness and is walking about in darkness not knowing where he isgoing, because darkness has blinded him.	11 But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth; because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven through his name.	12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the One who has existed since thebeginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have overcome the Evil One.	13 I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him, who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.
14 I have written to you, children, because you have come to know the Father. I have written to you,parents, because you have come to know the One who has existed since the beginning. I have written to you,young people, because you are strong, and God's word remains in you, and you have overcome the Evil One.	14 I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
15 Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone does love the world, the love of the Father findsno place in him,	15 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
16 because everything there is in the world -- disordered bodily desires, disordered desires of the eyes,pride in possession -- is not from the Father but is from the world.	16 For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world, with al its disordered desires, is passing away. But whoever does the will of Godremains for ever.	17 And the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth for ever.
18 Children, this is the final hour; you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and now many Antichristshave already come; from this we know that it is the final hour.	18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.
19 They have gone from among us, but they never real y belonged to us; if they had belonged to us, theywould have stayed with us. But this was to prove that not one of them belonged to us.	19 They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us; but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us.
20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and have al received knowledge.	20 But you have the unction from the Holy One, and know all things.
21 I have written to you not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you are wel aware of it,and because no lie can come from the truth.	21 I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is the liar, if not one who claims that Jesus is not the Christ? This is the Antichrist, who deniesboth the Father and the Son.	22 Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father, and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son cannot have the Father either; whoever acknowledges the Son has theFather too.	23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also.
24 Let what you heard in the beginning remain in you; as long as what you heard in the beginningremains in you, you will remain in the Son and in the Father.	24 As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning, abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And the promise he made you himself is eternal life.	25 And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.
26 So much have I written to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.	26 These things have I written to you, concerning them that seduce you.
27 But as for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone toteach you; since the anointing he gave you teaches you everything, and since it is true, not false, remain in himjust as he has taught you.	27 And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him, abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you; but as his unction teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.
28 Therefore remain in him now, children, so that when he appears we may be fearless, and not shrinkfrom him in shame at his coming.	28 And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be confounded by him at his coming.
29 If you know that he is upright you must recognise that everyone whose life is upright is a child of his.	29 If you know, that he is just, know ye, that every one also, who doth justice, is born of him.