1 John 2
Christ is our advocate. We must keep his commandments and love one another. We must not love the world nor give ear to new teachers, but abide by the spirit of God in the church.
Filioli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccetis. Sed et si quis peccaverit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum justum:
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.
et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi.
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata ejus observemus.
And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandata ejus non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est.
He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.
Qui autem servat verbum ejus, vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est: et in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus.
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.
Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare.
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
Carissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio. Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.
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.
Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet.
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.
Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc.
He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now.
Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light: and there is no scandal in him.
Qui autem odit fratrem suum, in tenebris est, et in tenebris ambulat, et nescit quo eat: quia tenebræ obcæcaverunt oculos ejus.
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.
Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen ejus.
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
Scribo vobis, patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis, adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.
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.
Scribo vobis, infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis juvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum.
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.
Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quæ in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est caritas Patris in eo:
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.
quoniam omne quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitæ: quæ non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.
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.
Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia ejus: qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in æternum.
And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.
Filioli, novissima hora est: et sicut audistis quia antichristus venit, et nunc antichristi multi facti sunt; unde scimus, quia novissima hora est.
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.
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.
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.
Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia.
But you have the unction from the Holy One and know all things.
Non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem, sed quasi scientibus eam: et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est.
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.
Quis est mendax, nisi is qui negat quoniam Jesus est Christus? Hic est antichristus, qui negat Patrem, et Filium.
Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son.
Omnis qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet: qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat: si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis.
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.
Et hæc est repromissio, quam ipse pollicitus est nobis, vitam æternam.
And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.
Hæc scripsi vobis de his, qui seducant vos.
These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce you.
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.
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.
Et nunc, filioli, manete in eo: ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu ejus.
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.
Si scitis quoniam justus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit justitiam, ex ipso natus est.
If you know that he is just, know ye, that every one also who doth justice is born of him.