1 John 2
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The end part of the Second Epistle of Peter (3:16-18) and the beginning of the First Epistle of John (1:1-2:9) on the same page of Codex Alexandrinus (AD 400-440). | |
| Book | First Epistle of John |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 23 |
| Category | General epistles |
1 John 2 is the second chapter of the First Epistle of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] The epistle is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle.[3][4]
Text
- The original text is written in Koine Greek.
- Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; complete)
- Papyrus 74 (7th century; extant: verses 1-2,7,13-14,18-19,25-26)
- This chapter is divided into 29 verses.
Structure
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
- 1 John 2:1-2 = Fellowship with Him and One Another
- 1 John 2:3-11 = The Test of Knowing Him
- 1 John 2:12-14 = Their Spiritual State
- 1 John 2:15-17 = Do Not Love the World
- 1 John 2:18-23 = Deceptions of the Last Hour
- 1 John 2:24-27 = Let Truth Abide in You
- 1 John 2:28-29 = The Children of God
Verse 1
- My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.[5]
Verse 2
- And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.[6]
Verse 18
- Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.[7]
Verse 27
- But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.[8]
See also
- Antichrist
- Jesus Christ
- Other related Bible parts: John 17, John 20, Romans 6, 1 Thessalonians 2
References
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ Davids, Peter H (1982). I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque, ed. New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James (Repr. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN 0802823882.
- ↑ Evans, Craig A (2005). Craig A Evans, ed. Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor. ISBN 0781442281.
- ↑ 1 John 2:1
- ↑ 1 John 2:2
- ↑ 1 John 2:18
- ↑ 1 John 2:27
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gill, John. Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746-1763).
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