1 My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ {the} righteous;
2 and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.
3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
5 but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.
6 He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also {so} to walk.
7 Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment, which ye have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye heard.
8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light already shines.
9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in the darkness until now.
10 He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 I write to you, children, because {your} sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13 I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him {that is} from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked {one}. I write to you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because ye have known him {that is} from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome the wicked {one}.
15 Love not the world, nor the things in the world. If any one love the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
16 because all that {is} in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.
18 Little children, it is {the} last hour, and, according as ye have heard that antichrist comes, even now there have come many antichrists, whence we know that it is {the} last hour.
19 They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.
20 And *ye* have {the} unction from the holy {one}, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written to you because ye do not know the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? *He* is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
24 As for *you* let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, *ye* also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise which *he* has promised us, life eternal.
26 These things have I written to you concerning those who lead you astray:
27 and *yourselves*, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.
28 And now, children, abide in him, that if he be manifested we may have boldness, and not be put to shame from before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, know that every one who practises righteousness is begotten of him.
1 Minu lapsukesed, seda ma kirjutan teile, et te ei teeks pattu. Ja kui keegi pattu teeb, siis on meil eestkostja Isa juures, Jeesus Kristus, Kes on õige.
2 Ja Tema on lepitus meie pattude eest; aga mitte ükspäinis meie, vaid ka kogu maailma pattude eest.
3 Ja sellest me tunneme, et me oleme Tema ära tundnud, et me peame Tema käske.
4 Kes ütleb: „Mina tunnen Teda", ega pea Tema käske, see on valelik ja tõde ei ole tema sees.
5 Aga kes peab Tema sõna, selles on tõesti Jumala armastus saanud täiuslikuks. Sellest me tunneme, et me oleme Tema sees.
6 Kes ütleb enese Tema sisse jäävat, see on ka kohustatud elama niisugust elu nagu Tema elas.
7 Armsad, ma ei kirjuta teile uut käsku, vaid vana käsku, mis teil on olnud algusest; see vana käsk on sõna, mida te olete kuulnud.
8 Taas ma kirjutan teile uue käsu, mis on tõsi Tema sees ja teie sees, sest pimedus möödub ja tõeline valgus juba paistab.
9 Kes ütleb enese valguses olevat, aga vihkab oma venda, see on pimeduses siitsaadik.
10 Kes oma venda armastab, see püsib valguses ja temas ei ole pahandust.
11 Aga kes oma venda vihkab, see on pimeduses ja käib pimeduses ega tea, kuhu ta läheb, sest pimedus on teinud ta silmad pimedaks.
12 Ma kirjutan teile, lapsukesed, sest teie patud on andeks antud Tema nime pärast.
13 Ma kirjutan teile, isad, sest te olete ära tundnud Tema, Kes on algusest. Ma kirjutan teile, noored mehed, sest te olete ära võitnud tigeda.
14 Ma olen kirjutanud teile, lapsukesed, sest te olete ära tundnud Isa. Ma olen kirjutanud teile, isad, sest te olete ära tundnud Tema, Kes on algusest. Ma olen kirjutanud teile, noored mehed, sest te olete tugevad ja Jumala sõna püsib teie sees ja et te olete ära võitnud tigeda.
15 Ärge armastage maailma ega seda, mis on maailmas. Kui keegi maailma armastab, siis ei ole Isa armastust tema sees.
16 Sest kõik, mis on maailmas, lihahimu, silmahimu ja elukõrkus, ei ole Isast, vaid on maailmast.
17 Ja maailm kaob ja tema himu; aga kes teeb Jumala tahtmist, püsib igavesti.
18 Lapsukesed, nüüd on viimne aeg! Ja nagu te olete kuulnud, et kristusevastane tuleb, nõnda ongi nüüd ilmunud palju kristusevastaseid; siit me tunneme, et käes on viimne aeg.
19 Meist nad on lähtunud, kuid nad ei olnud meist; sest kui nad oleksid olnud meist, siis nad oleksid jäänud meie juurde. Ent nad läksid ära, et saaks ilmsiks, et kõik ei ole meist.
20 Teil on võidmine Pühalt ja teil kõigil on teadmine.
21 Mina ei ole teile kirjutanud sellepärast et te ei tea tõde, vaid et te seda teate ja et ühtki valet ei tule tõe seest.
22 Kes on valelik kui mitte see, kes salgab, et Jeesus on Kristus? See on kristusevastane, kes salgab Isa ja Poega.
23 Igaüks, kes salgab Poja, sel ei ole ka Isa. Kes tunnistab Poega, sellel on ka Isa.
24 Mida te olete algusest saadik kuulnud, see püsigu teis. Kui teis püsib see, mida te algusest saadik olete kuulnud, siis teiegi püsite Pojas ja Isas.
25 Ja see on tõotus, mille Tema meile on tõotanud: igavene elu.
26 Seda ma olen teile kirjutanud neist, kes teid eksitavad.
27 Ja teie - see võidmine, mille te olete saanud Temalt, jääb ju teisse ja teil ei ole vajadust, et keegi teid õpetaks; vaid nagu Tema võidmine teid kõiges õpetab, nõnda on see tõsi ega ole vale; ja nõnda nagu see teid on õpetanud, nõnda püsige Temas.
28 Ja nüüd, lapsukesed, jääge Temasse, et kui Ta ilmub, meil oleks julgus ja mitte häbi Tema ees, kui ta tuleb.
29 Kui te teate, et Ta on õige, siis te mõistate, et igaüks, kes teeb õigust, on Temast sündinud.