2:1
[kjv] My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
[bbe] My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
2:2
[kjv] And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
[bbe] He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
2:3
[kjv] And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
[bbe] And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
2:4
[kjv] He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
[bbe] The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
2:5
[kjv] But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
[bbe] But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
2:6
[kjv] He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
[bbe] He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
2:7
[kjv] Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
[bbe] My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.
2:8
[kjv] Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
[bbe] Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
2:9
[kjv] He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
[bbe] He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
2:10
[kjv] He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
[bbe] He who has love for his brother is in the light, and there is no cause of error in him.
2:11
[kjv] But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
[bbe] But he who has hate for his brother is in the dark, walking in the dark with no knowledge of where he is going, unable to see because of the dark.
2:12
[kjv] I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
[bbe] I am writing to you, my children, because you have forgiveness of sins through his name.
2:13
[kjv] I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
[bbe] I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.
2:14
[kjv] I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that 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 wicked one.
[bbe] I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.
2:15
[kjv] 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.
[bbe] Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man ............