1 John 2 (BHT-FTN)

“We Have in the Presence of the Father an Advocate”

1 My dear children, these things I am writing to you in order to help you avoid sin.+ Yet if someone does sin, we have in the presence of the Father an advocate+ who appeals for help and mercy+ on our behalf: Jesus the Messiah, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice,+ that calms God’s wrath against us and removes the guilt of our sins, and not only of our sins, but also of those of the whole world.+ 3 This is the test+ that shows+ us whether we truly know God+: If we obey his commandments.++ 4 If+ someone says, “I know God,+” but God’s+ commandments refuses to obey,+ he is a liar+; in such a person the truth certainly+ does not dwell.+ 5 If+ someone does obey his teaching,+ however, truly in this person the love of God has been made blameless.+ This is the test that shows us that it is+ God with whom we are in fact united:+ 6 If+ someone claims that he is from union with God drawing life in fellowship,+ his own+ conduct must conform more and more+ to that exemplified by Jesus himself.++

7 Dear friends, it isn’t+ a new commandment that I am writing to you, but an ancient one,+ which has been required of+ you from the start.+ This ancient commandment is the instruction+ you’ve already received.+ 8 On the other hand, it is+ a new commandment that I am writing to you, in that its full truth is seen in Jesus’ life and example, and in your own lives, too.+ The darkness, after all, is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 9 If+ someone claims that he is in the light,+ but hates his brother or sister,+ he is actually+ still in the darkness.+ 10 He who loves his brother or sister dwells+ in the light, and there is in him nothing+ that will cause him or others+ to stumble in sin. 11 He who hates his brother or sister, however, is, I repeat,+ in the darkness, and in the darkness walks about aimlessly;+ he has no idea where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

12 I’m writing to you, dear children,

because your sins have been forgiven you on account of his name.+

13 I’m writing to you, fathers,

because you’ve come to know the one who has always existed.+

I’m writing to you, young men,

because you’ve had victory over the evil one.

14 I write to you, children,

because you’ve come to know the Father.

I write to you, fathers,

because you’ve come to know the one who has always existed.

I write to you, young men,

because you are strong,+

and the word of God dwells+ in you,

and you have had victory over the evil one.

15 You must not love this rebellious world and its wicked ways.+ If someone does love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 Everything that is in the world, you see, such as+ the sinful cravings of the mortal nature+ and the greedy desires of the eyes+ and the arrogance bred by+ wealth and possessions,+ comes not+ from the Father, but from the world. 17 The world, indeed, is doomed to pass away,+ along with+ its evil desires. The person who does the will of God, however, will surely endure forever into the ages.

“It Is, My Dear Children, the Final Hour”

18 It is, my dear children,+ the final hour, and just as you have learned+ that there+ is going to come an imposter who will oppose the true Messiah,+ even now there+ have appeared many opponents of the Messiah.+ This is how we know that it is the final hour.+ 19 Our fellowship they left,+ although the truth is that they never really were a part of us.+ If they had been,+ you see, they would have remained in fellowship+ with us. Yet their departure+ has made it clear that none of them really was a part of us.+ 20 As for you, however, it is+ an anointing from the Holy One of which you are in possession, and all of you know him.+ 21 I’m not writing to tell you that+ you don’t know the truth, but to assure you that you do know it and that no lie+ ever+ has its origin+ in the truth. 22 What greater+ liar is there than+ someone who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? Such a person is an opponent of the Messiah—anyone who disowns the Father and the Son. 23 If+ someone disowns the Son, he is rejecting, too,+ the Father.+ If someone professes allegiance+ to the Son, it is+ the Father, too, with whom he is in fellowship.+ 24 As for you, what you have been taught+ from the start must dwell+ in you.+ If, in you, what you have been taught from the very+ start does in fact dwell, then you yourselves, too: It is+ both the Son and the Father in union with whom you will dwell in fellowship.+ 25 And this is what he has promised+ us: The life of the coming age.+

26 These things I am writing to you in regard to those who want+ to deceive you. 27 As for you, the anointing that you received from God+ dwells inside of you, and you aren’t lacking someone to teach you.+ Yes, his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true+ and not counterfeit,+ and so+ just as it has taught you to do, continually live your lives in union with+ the Messiah.+

“Keep Drawing Life from Union with the Messiah”

28 And so as the situation now stands,+ my dear children, keep drawing life from union with the Messiah,+ so that when he appears, we may have courage and not shrink back from him in shame when he returns.+ 29 If you know that the Messiah+ is righteous,+ you may be sure that all who are living according to his righteous example+ have by God’s power been newly conceived.+

+1:1Or That which was from the outset, or That which was from the beginning. Lit That which was from eternity. For a summary of the interpretation of ἀρχή ( archē) represented in the text, see NAC (1, 2, 3 Jn), 51-2. Cf also TDNT, 1:481; NCV.+1:1IT (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 11). Cf NCV, NLT.+1:1Cf ISV, NLT.+1:1Lit That which was from eternity/the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we saw and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life. ME (see ESS [1, 2, 3 Jn], 11; NAC [1, 2, 3 Jn], 51; UBSHS [1 Jn], 11; TDNT, 1:481). Cf NET, NCV, NIV, NLT, NRSV, TEV. The neuter gender is used in the relative clauses here, but the primary focus is the Word, ie, Christ himself. For other examples of the neuter being used for personal referents in John’s writings, see translation and notes at Jn 4:22, 6:37, and 17:10.+1:2Or it. The direct object is implied here from the context.+1:2Unless otherwise marked (through superscript—ˢyou), all second person pronouns are the in the second person plural.+1:2Lit and we testify and announce/bring news.+1:2Since Jesus/the Word is the one being referred to here, “life” here is metonymical for the source of life (cf translation and notes at Jn 1:4 and 5:26), referring to “what causes people to live eternally” ( UBSHS [1 Jn], 15). Cf NCV, NLT, and TEV here and at Jn 1:4 and 5:26.+1:2This is a more literal rendering of ζωὴν αἰώνιον ( zōēn aiōnion), which most English translations render as “eternal life.” See UBSHS (Jn), 88.+1:3κοινωνίαν ( koinōnian) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an emphatic adjective has been used to give extra focus to this element.+1:3Lit may have fellowship with us. ME (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 17; translation and note at Jn 3:15). Cf TEV.+1:3Lit And the fellowship that is ours. ME (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 17). Cf TEV.+1:4Lit so that our joy may be made complete. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 15:11). ἡμῶν ( hēmōn) here is interpreted as an inclusive first person plural. This is reflected in the translation.+1:5Or heard. Cf BSL, 1 Jn 1:5, sv ἀκούω; L-N, 33.212.+1:5φῶς ( phōs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:5σκοτία οὐδεμία ( skotia oudemia) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this element, which has also been placed in clause-final for extra focus.+1:6κοινωνίαν ( koinōnian) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:6Lit walk. ME (see L-N, 41.11). περιπατῶμεν ( peripatōmen) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+1:6Lit not doing the truth. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 3:21).+1:7ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ( en tō phōti) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis. δὲ ( de) has also been used as a spacer to the same end.+1:7αὐτός ( autos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an intensive pronoun has been used to give extra focus to this element (warranted also on semantic grounds; see, eg, BDAG, 152, sv).+1:7κοινωνίαν ( koinōnian) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction and an adjective (drawn from the lexeme; see L-N, 34.5), have been used to give extra focus to this element.+1:7Or from all sin, or from every kind of sin.+1:8οὐκ ἔχομεν ( ouk echomen) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore inversion has been used to give extra focus to this element within the ME (see following note).+1:8Lit If we say that we do not have sin. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 9:41 and 15:22-24).+1:8πλανῶμεν ( planōmen) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore inversion and an adverb (cf NLT) have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+1:8Cf Jn 3:16-21 and 9:35-41.+1:9The present subjunctive is interpreted as functioning voluntatively here (cf Jn 3:16-21 and 9:35-41; pride is the primary issue here). This is reflected in the translation.+1:9IT. A disjunctive/contrastive relationship with the preceding clause is implied here. Cf NCV, NET, TEV.+1:9Lit he.+1:9πιστός καὶ δίκαιος ( pistos kai dikaios) is in a split focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adverb has been used to give extra focus to this element.+1:9Or trustworthy, or reliable.+1:9Lit and righteous/upright/just. ME(OTB) (see translation and notes at Mt 5:48; UBSHS [1 Jn], 31; v 2:12 below). Cf Ex 34:6-7.+1:9The ἵνα ( hina) clause is interpreted as signaling result. This is reflected in the translation. Cf NET, NIV.+1:9Or from all wickedness. Cf Rm 1; Ga 5:16-26; Eph 4:17-24; Col 3:5-8.+1:10Lit we have not sinned. The perfect tense is used here, and therefore “guilty of sin” has been used in translation to signal the ongoing effects at the time of the speaker. Cf HCSB.+1:10Lit him.+1:10ψεύστην ( pseustēn) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+1:10Here, εἰμί ( eimi) approximates μένω ( menō) (cf Jn 5:38, 15:7; 1 Jn 2:14) and ἐνοικέω ( enoikeō) (cf Col 3:16) in meaning. Cf also ANLEX, 131, sv εἰμί 4.+1:10Cf Jn 5:38, 15:7; Col 3:16; 1 Jn 2:14.+2:1Drawing from the UBSHS in translation here (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 33).+2:1παράκλητον ( paraklēton) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been moved to the end of the clause (out of its default order in English) for extra focus and stress.+2:1Lit an advocate/pleader/encourager/strengthener/one called alongside to help. ME (see note at Jn 14:15). Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV. In this context, the advocate/pleading/appealing role is primarily in view. As v 2 indicates (note ἱλασμός [ hilasmos] there; cf Lk 18:9-14), the appeal is primarily for mercy and forgiveness, though help to resist further sin is also probably implied as well. Cf Jb 33:23-24; Lk 18:9-14; Heb 4:16.+2:2ἱλασμός ( hilasmos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give extra focus and emphasis to this element within the ME (see following note).+2:2Lit He is the propitiation/expiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for [those] of the whole world. ME(OTB)/IT (see translation and notes at Lk 18:13 and Rm 3:25; NET Bible Notes, 1 Jn 2:2).+2:3Or proof.+2:3Lit By this we know. ME (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 37-8). Cf NEB.+2:3Lit him.+2:3τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ( tas entolas autou) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:3Cf 2 Co 13:5-6.+2:4A condition is implied in the participle here. For more on implicit conditions in Greek, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9.+2:4Lit him. Cf NCV, NLT.+2:4Lit his. Cf NCV, NLT.+2:4μὴ τηρῶν ( mē tērōn) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore inversion has been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:4ψεύστης ( pseustēs) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:4οὐκ ἔστιν ( ouk estin) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore inversion and an adverb have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:4Lit is not. See note at v 1:10 above.+2:5A condition is implied in the relative clause here. For more on implicit conditions in Greek, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9.+2:5Or word, or message.+2:5Or reached its goal, or accomplished its goal, or been brought to completion. See translation and notes at Lk 13:32.+2:5ἐν αὐτῷ ( en auto) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction and an adverb have been used to give extra focus to this element within the ME (see following note).+2:5Lit that we are in him. ME (see translation and note at Jn 10:38). Cf CJB, TEV.+2:6A condition is implied in the participle here. For more on implicit conditions in Greek, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9.+2:6Lit that he dwells/remains/continues in him. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 6:56, 10:38, 14:10, 14:20, and 15:4). μένειν ( menein) is in an embedded DFE position (see BART Display), and therefore inversion has been used to give extra focus to this element within the ME.+2:6καὶ αὐτὸς ( kai autos) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a possessive adjective has been used to give extra focus to this element within the ME (see note at the end of this verse).+2:6“More and more” is drawn from the imperfective aspect of the infinitive in this context. Cf Jn 15:2.+2:6Lit he must, just as that one walked, also himself to walk. ME (see BDAG, 803, sv περιπατέω 2; L-N, 41.11, 64.14; UBSHS [Jn], 43). Cf CJB, ISV, NIV, NLT, TEV. ἐκεῖνος ( ekeinos) is in an embedded focal position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an intensive pronoun has been used to give extra focus to this element within the ME.+2:6Cf Jn 13:31-35, 15:8; 1 Co 11:1; 1 Th 1:6.+2:7ἐντολὴν καινὴν ( entolēn kainēn) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:7Cf Lv 19:18; Mt 5:17, 22:20; Rm 13:8-10.+2:7Lit which you have. In this context, ἔχω ( echo) means “a sense of obligation in regard to something” ( BDAG, 421, sv 7.a.δ.).+2:7Cf NAB in ESS (1, 2, 3 Jn), 49. As the next sentence indicates, this is referring to the time when the gospel was first heard.+2:7Or word, or message, or teaching. Cf REB in ESS (1, 2, 3 Jn), 50.+2:7Or heard. Cf L-N, 33.12.+2:8ἐντολὴν καινὴν ( entolēn kainēn) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:8Lit which is true in him and in you. ME (see NAC [Jn], 79; Ibid [1, 2, 3 Jn], 96; FSB, 1 Jn 2:7; Robertson, Word Pictures, 1 Jn 2:8; Vincent, Word Studies, 2:331; UBSHS [1 Jn], 45). Cf Mt 5:17; Jn 13.+2:9A condition is implied in the participle here. For more on implicit conditions in Greek, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9.+2:9ἐν τῷ φωτὶ ( en tō phōti) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:9τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ( ton adelphon autou) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:9IT. A real versus a claimed state is implied here. Cf 1:5-10.+2:9ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ( en tē skotia) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:10μένει ( menei) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:10σκάνδαλον ( skandalon) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress. The negative particle has also been used to give this element extra focus.+2:10Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NLT, TEV.+2:11ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ ( en tē skotia) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a spacer (drawn from the context; see v 9) has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:11Lit walks about [here and there]. ME/IT (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 49; the last clause in this verse). περιπατεῖ ( peripatei) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress.+2:12Or for his name’s sake. Cf Ex 34:6-7; Is 48:9-11; Cf Jr 31:31-34; Ml 3:6.+2:13Cf Jr 31:31-34. Maintaining consistency in translation with 1 Jn 1:1 (see translation and notes there).+2:14ἰσχυροί ( ischuroi) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:14μένει ( menei) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:15Lit the world and the things of the world. ME (see BDAG, 562, sv κόσμος 7.b.; UBSHS [1 Jn], 55). Cf NCV at v 16.+2:16According to the UBSHS, “The three following phrases are given not as an exhaustive enumeration but by way of characteristic examples of ‘all that is in the world’” ( UBSHS [1 Jn], 56).+2:16Lit of the flesh. Translating “flesh” according to “Flesh” P (see FBT Chart).+2:16Lit the lusts of the eyes. ME(I/F)/IT (see translation and notes at Mt 6:22-23). Cf 1 Co 5:11, 6:10; Eph 5:5.+2:16The genitive is interpreted as functioning in the subjective/source/production range. This is reflected in the translation. Cf NET.+2:16Cf Ps 73; Jr 9:22; 1 Ti 6:17.+2:16ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ( ek tou patros) is in E-O (see LDGNT), and ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ( ek tou kosmou) in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), as part of a point-counterpoint series (see LDGNT), and therefore the negative particle has been placed directly before the counterpoint to give extra focus to these elements (with the verb in the main point left implicit).+2:17Or is about to pass away. Not out of existence altogether, but in its present form as tainted by evil and decay. Cf Gn 6:13, 9:11; Ps 72:5, 17, 89:36-37, 102:25-28, 148:6; Is 34:4-5, 65:17-25, 66:22; Jr 31:35-36, 33:20-21; 1 Co 7:31; Heb 1:10-12; Jm 1:10; 1 Pt 1:24; 4:7; 2 Pt 2:6, 3:13;1 Jn 2:17; Re 12:7-10, 21:1-4. Cf also 1 Co 2:6.+2:17Lit and. Cf ESV, NCV, NET.+2:18ἐσχάτη ὥρα ( eschatē hora) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore Παιδία ( Paidia) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+2:18Or have heard. Cf BSL, 1 Jn 2:18, sv ἀκούω; BDAG, 38, sv ἀκούω 3; TEV.+2:18ἀντίχριστος ( antichristos) is in P2 (see BART Display), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress (with the help of a dummy subject).+2:18Lit an anti-Messiah. ME (see ANLEX, 59, sv ἀντίχριστος 2; BDAG, 91, sv ἀντίχριστος; BSL, 1 Jn 2:18, sv ἀντίχριστος; UBSHS [1 Jn], 62; Vincent, Word Studies, 2:337). Here, the “against” idea is signaled in translation by “oppose,” while the “in place of” idea is signaled by “imposter” and “true.” Cf Is 10:12, 30:30-33; Ezk 38:17; Dn 7:7-28, 8:23-25; Jl 3; Zc 12-14; Th 2:1-12; Re 13.+2:18ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ ( antichristoi polloi) is in P2 (see BART Display), and has therefore been placed in clause-final for extra focus and stress (with the help of a dummy subject).+2:18Lit many anti-Messiahs. ME (see ANLEX, 59, sv ἀντίχριστος 1).+2:18ἐσχάτη ὥρα ( eschatē hora) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:19ἐξῆλθαν ( exēlthan) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and therefore inversion has been used to give this element extra focus.+2:19Lit From us they departed, but they were not of us. ME (see BDAG, 348, sv ἐξέρχομαι 4; UBSHS [1 Jn], 63). Cf NCV, NIV, NET, NLT, TEV.+2:19ἦσαν ( ēsan) is in an embedded DFE position (see BART Display), and therefore ἐξ ἡμῶν ( ex hēmōn) has been left implicit in translation in order to give this element extra stress.+2:19ME/IT (see BDAG, 631, sv μένω 1.b.).+2:19An ellipsis is present in the Greek text here. The departure mentioned in the first part of verse is what is implied here. Cf ESV, HCSB, NASB, NCV, NIV, NLT, NRSV, TEV.+2:19Cf ISV.+2:20χρῖσμα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου ( chrisma apo tou hagiou tou hagiou) is in a split focal position (see BART Display; cf LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:20Or and all of you know the truth. There is no direct object explicitly stated in the Greek text, and therefore it must be inferred from the context. Since this is most likely an allusion to Jr 31:34 (see NET Bible Notes, 1 Jn 2:20), the “Holy One” is most likely the implied direct object here.+2:21Lit I’m not writing that, or I’m not writing because. ὅτι ( hoti) may be functioning here either as a marker of content, or as a marker of cause (the first interpretation is represented in translation here; for a summary of interpretative options here, see ESS [1, 2, 3 Jn], 77; NET Bible Notes, 1 Jn 2:21; UBSHS [1 Jn], 68). “Writing” connected directly with the marker of content doesn’t transfer well into English, and therefore “to tell” and “to assure” have been used in translation here (cf Brown in ESS [1, 2, 3 Jn], 77).+2:21πᾶν ψεῦδος ( pan pseudos) is in P2 (see BART Display; note, though, that the BART Display is marked for focal ambiguity), and therefore italics have been used to give this element extra focus and emphasis.+2:21Cf TEV.+2:21Cf CJB.+2:22The article here is interpreted as par excellence (cf Bruce, et al, in ESS [1, 2, 3 Jn], 79). This is reflected in the translation.+2:22Lit Who is the liar, except...? EFE. For the rhetorical effect intended by the question here, see UBSHS (1 Jn), 68.+2:23A condition is implied in the participle here. For more on implicit conditions in Greek, see Wallace, Grammar, 687-9.+2:23οὐδὲ τὸν πατέρα ( oude ton patera) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore οὐδὲ ( oude) (rendered positively; cf TEV) has been used as a spacer to give extra focus to this element.+2:23Lit he does not have the Father. ME. Cf TEV.+2:23ME/IT (see BDAG, 708, sv ὁμολογέω 4.b.).+2:23καὶ τὸν πατέρα ( kai ton patera) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element. καὶ has also been used to as a spacer to the same end.+2:23Lit he has the Father. ME (see BDAG, 420, sv ἔχω 2.b.; UBSHS [1 Jn], 70).+2:24Or have heard. Cf BSL, 1 Jn 2:24, sv ἀκούω; BDAG, 38, sv ἀκούω 3.+2:24μενέτω ( menetō) is in a DFE position (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:24Cf Jn 5:38, 8:31, 15:7; Col 3:16.+2:24ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ( ap’ arches) is in an embedded focal positon (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore an adjective has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:24ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ ( en tō huiō kai en tō patri) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and therefore a cleft-construction has been used to give extra focus to this element.+2:24Lit will dwell/remain/abide/continue. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 6:56, 10:38, 14:10, 14:20, and 15:4). Cf CJB.+2:25Lit And this is the promise that he has promised. ME. Cf CJB, NCV, NIV, NRSV, RSV.+2:25This is a more literal rendering of ζωὴν αἰώνιον ( zōēn aiōnion), which most English translations render as “eternal life.” See UBSHS (Jn), 88.+2:26Or are trying to deceive. The present participle here is functioning either conatively (cf, eg, HCSB, NET) or voluntatively (cf NLT), or both. This is reflected in the translation. Cf most English translations.+2:27Lit from him.+2:27Lit and you do not have need that someone should teach you. ME (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 74). Cf Jn 14:15-17, 26.+2:27Or genuine, or reliable. ἀληθές ( alēthes) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:27Given the prevalence of the anti-Messiah (the ones who are “against/in place of the Anointed One”) theme in this chapter, ψεῦδος ( peudos) (lit false) most likely means “counterfeit” here. Cf CJB, NIV; translation and notes at v 18.+2:27Following the suggestion of the UBSHS in the structuring of the clause sequence here (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 75).+2:27Lit dwell/remain/abide/continue in. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 6:56, 10:38, 14:10, 14:20, and 15:4).+2:27Lit with him. Cf TEV.+2:28Drawing from BDAG in translation here (see BDAG, 681, sv νῦν 2.a.).+2:28Lit dwell/remain/abide/continue in him. ME (see translation and notes at Jn 6:56, 10:38, 14:10, 14:20 and 15:4).+2:28Lit at his coming. The genitive here is subjective, and the Second Coming is meant here. This is reflected in the translation. Cf NET, NLT.+2:29Lit he. Cf NCV, NLT, TEV.+2:29δίκαιός ( dikaios) is in P2 (see BART Display and LDGNT), and has therefore been italicized for extra focus and emphasis.+2:29Lit you know that also/likewise everyone who is doing the righteousness. ME (see UBSHS [1 Jn], 79).+2:29Lit have been conceived by him, or have been fathered by him. ME (see notes at Jn 1:13, 1 Pt 1:3, and Ga 4:21-30). γεγέννηται ( gegennētai) is in a DFE position (see BART Display), and therefore inversion has been used to give extra focus to this element.