1 Filhinhos meus, estas coisas vos escrevo para que não pequeis. Se, todavia, alguém pecar, temos Advogado junto ao Pai, Jesus Cristo, o Justo; 2 e ele é a propiciação pelos nossos pecados e não somente pelos nossos próprios, mas ainda pelos do mundo inteiro. 3 Ora, sabemos que o temos conhecido por isto: se guardamos os seus mandamentos. 4 Aquele que diz: Eu o conheço e não guarda os seus mandamentos é mentiroso, e nele não está a verdade. 5 Aquele, entretanto, que guarda a sua palavra, nele, verdadeiramente, tem sido aperfeiçoado o amor de Deus. Nisto sabemos que estamos nele: 6 aquele que diz que permanece nele, esse deve também andar assim como ele andou.

7 Amados, não vos escrevo mandamento novo, senão mandamento antigo, o qual, desde o princípio, tivestes. Esse mandamento antigo é a palavra que ouvistes. 8 Todavia, vos escrevo novo mandamento, aquilo que é verdadeiro nele e em vós, porque as trevas se vão dissipando, e a verdadeira luz já brilha. 9 Aquele que diz estar na luz e odeia a seu irmão, até agora, está nas trevas. 10 Aquele que ama a seu irmão permanece na luz, e nele não há nenhum tropeço. 11 Aquele, porém, que odeia a seu irmão está nas trevas, e anda nas trevas, e não sabe para onde vai, porque as trevas lhe cegaram os olhos.

12 Filhinhos, eu vos escrevo, porque os vossos pecados são perdoados, por causa do seu nome. 13 Pais, eu vos escrevo, porque conheceis aquele que existe desde o princípio. Jovens, eu vos escrevo, porque tendes vencido o Maligno. 14 Filhinhos, eu vos escrevi, porque conheceis o Pai. Pais, eu vos escrevi, porque conheceis aquele que existe desde o princípio. Jovens, eu vos escrevi, porque sois fortes, e a palavra de Deus permanece em vós, e tendes vencido o Maligno.

15 Não ameis o mundo nem as coisas que há no mundo. Se alguém amar o mundo, o amor do Pai não está nele; 16 porque tudo que há no mundo, a concupiscência da carne, a concupiscência dos olhos e a soberba da vida, não procede do Pai, mas procede do mundo. 17 Ora, o mundo passa, bem como a sua concupiscência; aquele, porém, que faz a vontade de Deus permanece eternamente.

18 Filhinhos, já é a última hora; e, como ouvistes que vem o anticristo, também, agora, muitos anticristos têm surgido; pelo que conhecemos que é a última hora. 19 Eles saíram de nosso meio; entretanto, não eram dos nossos; porque, se tivessem sido dos nossos, teriam permanecido conosco; todavia, eles se foram para que ficasse manifesto que nenhum deles é dos nossos. 20 E vós possuís unção que vem do Santo e todos tendes conhecimento. 21 Não vos escrevi porque não saibais a verdade; antes, porque a sabeis, e porque mentira alguma jamais procede da verdade. 22 Quem é o mentiroso, senão aquele que nega que Jesus é o Cristo? Este é o anticristo, o que nega o Pai e o Filho. 23 Todo aquele que nega o Filho, esse não tem o Pai; aquele que confessa o Filho tem igualmente o Pai. 24 Permaneça em vós o que ouvistes desde o princípio. Se em vós permanecer o que desde o princípio ouvistes, também permanecereis vós no Filho e no Pai. 25 E esta é a promessa que ele mesmo nos fez, a vida eterna. 26 Isto que vos acabo de escrever é acerca dos que vos procuram enganar.

27 Quanto a vós outros, a unção que dele recebestes permanece em vós, e não tendes necessidade de que alguém vos ensine; mas, como a sua unção vos ensina a respeito de todas as coisas, e é verdadeira, e não é falsa, permanecei nele, como também ela vos ensinou. 28 Filhinhos, agora, pois, permanecei nele, para que, quando ele se manifestar, tenhamos confiança e dele não nos afastemos envergonhados na sua vinda. 29 Se sabeis que ele é justo, reconhecei também que todo aquele que pratica a justiça é nascido dele.

1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. 3 And hereby we know that we know 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 whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: 6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

7 Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard. 8 Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

12 I write unto you, my little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake. 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father. 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who 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 evil one. 15 Love not the world, 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, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory 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 doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

18 Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us. 20 And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also. 24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray. 27 And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him. 28 And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father —Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.

4 Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God "is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.

8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister "is still in the darkness.

10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister "lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.

11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

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 overcome the evil one.

14 I write to you, dear 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 lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father "is not in them.

16 For everything in the world —the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life —comes not from the Father but from the world.

17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.

19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. [^5]

21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist —denying the Father and the Son.

23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is what he promised us —eternal life.

26 I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.

27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit —just as it has taught you, remain in him.

28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.