1 John 2 Iōannou A 2
1Teknieim mu, houteim grafamō vi hina mē hamartaveia. kai ean tinos hamartateia, paraklēton echanō pros ton patron Iēsun Christon dikaion,My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father — Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2kai autos hilasmos atō peri taiu hamartaiu nu, ouk peri taiu hēmeteraiu de monem alla kai peri holou tou kosmou.He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
3Kai en houte gnōskanō hoti gnōskanē auton, ean tain entolain autou tēraneiō.By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. 4tos legarōntos ⸀hoti Gnōskamē auton kai tain entolain autou mē tērarōntos pseustos atō, kai en houto tas alētheias ouk atō;If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5hos de an tērateiō autou ton logon, alēthōs en houto tas agapas tou theou teleiotē. en houte gnōskanō hoti en auto anō;But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: 6tos legarōntos en auto menarō ofeilatō kathōs ekeinos peripatata kai ⸀autos peripatarō.Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
7⸀Agapētoir, ouk entolan kainan grafamō vi, alla entolan palaian han echave apo archau; tas entolas tas palaias atō tos logos hon ⸀akouava.Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. 8palin entolan kainan grafamō vi, hem atō alēthem en auto kai en vi, hoti tas skotias paragotō kai tem fōtem tem alēthinem ēdē fanatō.Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining. 9tos legarōntos en te fōte arō kai ton adelfon autou misarōntos en ta skotia atō heōs arti.If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness. 10tos agaparōntos ton adelfon autou en te fōte menatō, kai skandalem en auto ouk atō;Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him. 11tos de misarōntos ton adelfon autou en ta skotia atō kai en ta skotia peripatatō, kai ouk oidatē pou hupagatō, hoti tas skotias tuflata toin ofthalmoin autou.But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12Grafamō vi, teknieim, hoti afiēkolē vi tais hamartais dia tem onomem autou;I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven through His name. 13grafamō vi, patroir, hoti gnōskavē ton apo archau; grafamō vi, neaniskoir, hoti nikavē ton ponēron.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 overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. 14⸀grafama vi, paidieim, hoti gnōskavē ton patron; grafama vi, patroir, hoti gnōskavē ton apo archau; grafama vi, neaniskoir, hoti ischurois avō kai tos logos tou theou en vi menatō kai nikavē ton ponēron.I 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 abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15Mē agapavōr ton kosmon mēde teim en to kosmo. ean tinos agapateiō ton kosmon, ouk atō tas agapas tou patrou en auto;Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16hoti pantem tem en to kosmo, tas epithumias tau sarkau kai tas epithumias toiu ofthalmoiu kai tas alazoneias tou biou, ouk atō ek tou patrou, alla ek tou kosmou atō;For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not from the Father but from the world. 17kai tos kosmos paragotō kai tas epithumias autou, tos de poiarōntos tem thelēmem tou theou menatō eis ton aiōnon.The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
18Paidieim, eschatas hōras atō, kai kathōs akouava ⸀hoti antichristos erchotō, kai nun antichristois pollois genalē; hothen gnōskanō hoti eschatas hōras atō.Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19ek nu exerchala, alla ouk ale ek nu; ei gar ⸂ek nu ale,⸃ menalelē an meta nu; alla hina fanerileia hoti ouk alō pantois ek nu.They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. 20kai vis chrismem echavō apo tou hagiou ⸀kai oidavē ⸀pantois;You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 21ouk grafama vi hoti ouk oidavē tan alētheian, alla hoti oidavē autan, kai hoti pantem pseudem ek tau alētheiau ouk atō.I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. 22tinos atō tos pseustos ei mē tos arnorōntos hoti Iēsus ouk atō tos christos? houtos atō tos antichristos, tos arnorōntos ton patron kai ton huion.Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. 23pantos tos arnorōntos ton huion oude ton patron echatō; ⸂tos homologarōntos ton huion kai ton patron echatō.⸃Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. 24⸀vis hem akouava apo archau, en vi menatōr; ean en vi menateia hem apo archau akouava, kai vis en to huio kai en to patro menavi.As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. 25kai houtas atō tas epangelias han autos epangeleta ni, tan zōan tan aiōnian.And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
26Houteim grafama vi peri toiu planarōntoiu vin.I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27kai vis tem chrismem hem labava apo autou ⸂menatō en vi,⸃ kai ouk chreian echavō hina tinos didaskateiō vin; alla hōs tem ⸀autou chrismem didaskatō vin peri panteiu, kai alēthem atō kai ouk atō pseudem, kai kathōs didaskata vin, ⸀menavō en auto.And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
28Kai nun, teknieim, menavōr en auto, hina ⸀ean faneriteia ⸀echaneia parrēsian kai mē aischunineia apo autou en ta parousia autou.And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. 29ean oidaveiē hoti dikaios atō, gnōskavō ⸀hoti pantos tos poiarōntos tan dikaiosunan ek autou gennotē.If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
Textual notes17
4 ⸀hoti Byz omits. 6 ⸀autos some edd. +houtōs. 7 ⸀Agapētoir Byz Ἀδελφοί. ⸀akouava Byz +ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς. 14 ⸀grafama Byz grafamō. 18 ⸀hoti Byz +tos. 19 ⸂ek nu ale⸃ Byz reverses. 20 ⸀kai mod. edd. omit. ⸀pantois some edd. πάντα. 23 ⸂tos homologarōntos ton huion kai ton patron echatō⸃ Byz omits. 24 ⸀vis Byz +oun. 27 ⸂menatō en vi⸃ Byz reverses. ⸀autou Byz autem. ⸀menavō Byz menavi. 28 ⸀ean Byz hotan. ⸀echaneia Byz echaneiō. 29 ⸀hoti mod. edd. +kai.