I Ioannis 2

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Filioli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccetis. Sed et si quis peccaverit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum justum :	1 My children, I am writing this to you so that you may not commit sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one.
2 et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris : non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi.	2 He is expiation for our sins, and not for our sins only but for those of the whole world.
3 Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata ejus observemus.	3 The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his command ments.
4 Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandata ejus non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est.	4 Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 Qui autem servat verbum ejus, vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est : et in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus.	5 But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him:
6 Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare.	6 whoever claims to abide in him ought to live (just) as he lived.
7 Carissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio. Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.	7 Beloved, I am writing no new commandment to you but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
8 Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis : quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet.	8 And yet I do write a new commandment to you, which holds true in him and among you, for the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
9 Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc.	9 Whoever says he is in the light, yet hates his brother, is still in the darkness.
10 Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est.	10 Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is nothing in him to cause a fall.
11 Qui autem odit fratrem suum, in tenebris est, et in tenebris ambulat, et nescit quo eat : quia tenebræ obcæcaverunt oculos ejus.	11 Whoever hates his brother is in darkness; he walks in darkness and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen ejus.	12 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name's sake.
13 Scribo vobis, patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis, adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.	13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.
14 Scribo vobis, infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis juvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum.	14 I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong and the word of God remains in you, and you have conquered the evil one.
15 Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quæ in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est caritas Patris in eo :	15 Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 quoniam omne quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitæ : quæ non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.	16 For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world.
17 Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia ejus : qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in æternum.	17 Yet the world and its enticement are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever.
18 Filioli, novissima hora est : et sicut audistis quia antichristus venit, et nunc antichristi multi facti sunt ; unde scimus, quia novissima hora est.	18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour.
19 Ex 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.	19 They went out from us, but they were not really of our number; if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number.
20 Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia.	20 But you have the anointing that comes from the holy one, and you all have knowledge.
21 Non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem, sed quasi scientibus eam : et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est.	21 I write to you not because you do not know the truth but because you do, and because every lie is alien to the truth.
22 Quis est mendax, nisi is qui negat quoniam Jesus est Christus ? Hic est antichristus, qui negat Patrem, et Filium.	22 Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.
23 Omnis qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet : qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet.	23 No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
24 Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat : si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis.	24 Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father.
25 Et hæc est repromissio, quam ipse pollicitus est nobis, vitam æternam.	25 And this is the promise that he made us: eternal life.
26 Hæc scripsi vobis de his, qui seducant vos.	26 I write you these things about those who would deceive you.
27 Et 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.	27 As for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, so that you do not need anyone to teach you. But his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not false; just as it taught you, remain in him.
28 Et nunc, filioli, manete in eo : ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu ejus.	28 And now, children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame by him at his coming.
29 Si scitis quoniam justus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit justitiam, ex ipso natus est.	29 If you consider that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who acts in righteousness is begotten by him.