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1 John: Revised Murdock Translation
I.
1
WE announce to you that, which was from the beginning, which we have
heard, and have seen with our eyes, looked upon, and handled with our
hands, that which is the word of life.
2
And the life was manifested, and we have seen and do testify and
announce to you, the life which is eternal; which was with the
Father, and was revealed to us.
3
And what we have seen and heard, we make known to you also, that you
may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father,
and with his Son Yeshua Mshikha.
4 And
these things we write to you, that our joy in you may be complete.
5 And this is the announcement, which we
have heard from him and declare to you, that Alaha is light, and no
darkness at all is in him.
6 And if we say
that we have fellowship with him, and we walk in the darkness, we are
liars, and walk not in the truth.
7 But if
we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with
each other and the blood of Yeshua his Son cleanses us from all our
sins.
8 And if we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9
But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all our iniquity.
10
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word
is not with us.
II.
1 My
children, these things I write to you, that you sin not. But if any
one should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Yeshua Mshikha,
the righteous.
2 For he is himself
the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for
all the world.
3 And by this we shall be
sensible that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4
For he that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is
a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5
But he that keeps his word, in him is the love of Alaha truly
completed: for by this we know that we are in him.
6
He that says, I am in him, is bound to walk according to his
walkings.
7 My beloved, I write no new
commandment to you, but the old commandment which you had from the
beginning; and the old commandment is the word, which you have
heard.
8
Again, a new commandment I write to you, which is true in him and in
you; because the darkness has passed away, and the true light begins
to appear.
9 Whoever therefore shall say
that he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until
now.
10 He that loves his brother,
abides in the light, and in him is no stumbling.
11
But he that hates his brother, is in darkness, and walks in darkness;
and he knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his
eyes.
12 I write to you, you children,
because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13
I write to you, you fathers, because you have known him who existed
from the beginning. I write to you, you young men, because you have
vanquished the evil one.
14 I have
written to you, you little ones, because you have known the Father. I
have written to you, you fathers, because you have known him who
[was] from the beginning, I have written to you, you young men,
because you are strong, and the word of Alaha dwells in you, and you
have vanquished the evil one.
15 Love not
the world, nor any thing in it; for whoever loves the world, has not
the love of the Father in him.
16
For all that is in the world, is, the lust of the body, and the lust
of the eyes, and the pride of the world; which are not from the
Father, but from the world itself.
17
And the world is passing away, [both] it and the lust thereof; but he
that does the pleasure of Alaha, abides for ever.
18
My children, it is the latter time; and as you have heard that a
false Messiah was to arise, so there are now many false Messiahs; and
from this we know that it is the latter time.
19
From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been
of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out from us,
that so it might be known, that they were not of us.
20
But you have an unction from the Holy [One]; and you discriminate
every person.
21
I have not written to you, because you know not the truth, but
because you know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth.
22
Who is false, but he that denies that Yeshua is Mshikha ? And that
person is a false Messiah. He that denies the Father, denies also the
Son.
23 And he that denies the Son, also
believes not the Father. He that confesses the Son, confesses also
the Father.
24 And what you heard from the
first, let that remain with you. For if that, which you heard from
the first, remains with you, you also will remain in the Father and
in the Son.
25
And this is the promise, which he has promised us, [even] life
eternal.
26 And these things I have written
to you, on account of those who seduce you.
27
And you also, if the unction which you have received from him remains
in you, need not that any one should teach you; but as that unction
is from Alaha, it teaches you all things; and it is true, and no
falsehood is in it. And as it has taught you, remain you in him.
28 And now, my children, remain you in
him; that so, when he shall be manifested, we may not be ashamed
before him, but may have an open countenance at his coming.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you
also know, that whoever does righteousness, is from him.
III.
1
And you see, how great is the love of the Father towards us, who has
called us sons, and made us [such]. Therefore the world knows us not,
because it likewise knows him not.
2 My
beloved, now are we the sons of Alaha; and until this time, it has
not appeared what we are to be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be in his likeness, and we shall see him as he is.
3 And every one that has this hope from
him, purifies himself, as he is pure.
4 And every one that practises sin,
perpetrates iniquity; for all sin is iniquity.
5 And you know, that he was manifested to
take away our sins; and in him was no sin.
6
And every one that abides in him, sins not: and every one that sins,
has not seen him, nor has known him.
7 My
children, let no one deceive you: he that does righteousness, is
righteous, as Mshikha also is righteous.
8
And he that commits sin, is of Satan; because Satan was a sinner from
the beginning: and for this cause, the Son of Alaha appeared, that he
might destroy the works of Satan.
9
Every one that is born of Alaha, does not practise sin; because his
seed is in him, and he cannot sin, because he is born of Alaha.
10
By this are the children of Alaha discriminated from the children of
Satan. Every one that practises not righteousness, and that loves not
his brother, is not of Alaha:
11
because this is the commandment, which you heard from the beginning,
that you should love one another.
12
Not like Cain, who was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And why
did he slay him, but because his own works were evil, and those of
his brother righteous ?
13 And wonder not,
my brethren, if the world hate you.
14
We know that we have turned from death unto life, by this, that we
love the brethren. He that loves not his brother, remains in
death.
15 For every one that hates his
brother, is a man-slayer; and you know, that no man-slayer can have
eternal life abiding in him.
16 By this we
know his love towards us, because he gave up his life for us: . and
we also ought to give up our lives for our brethren.
17
But whoever has worldly possessions, and sees his brother in want,
and shuts up his bowels from him, how is the love of Alaha in him
?
18 My children, let us not love one
another in words and in tongue, but in acts and in truth.
19
And by this, we recognize that we are of the truth; and, before he
shall come, we make our hearts confident.
20
But if our heart condemns us, how much greater is Alaha than our
heart, and knowing all things ?
21
My beloved, if our heart condemns us not, we have open countenances
before Alaha.
22 And whatever we ask, we
receive from him; because we keep his commandments, and do acceptable
things before him.
23 And this is his
commandment, that we believe on the name of his Son Yeshua Mshikha,
and that we love one another as he has commanded us.
24
And he that keeps his commandments, is kept by him, and he dwells in
him: and by this we understand that he abides in us, from his Spirit
which he has given to us.
IV.
1
My beloved, believe not all spirits; but discriminate among spirits,
whether they are of Alaha: for many false prophets have gone out into
the world.
2 By this the Spirit of Alaha is
known, every spirit that confesses that Yeshua Mshikha has come in
the flesh, is of Alaha.
3 And every spirit
which confesses not that Yeshua Mshikha has come in the flesh, is not
of Alaha; but he is of the false Messiah, of whom you have heard that
he comes, and now is he already in the world.
4
But you children, are of Alaha; and you have overcome them, because
greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.
5
And they are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and
the world hears them.
6 But we are of
Alaha; and he that knows Alaha, hears us; and he that is not of
Alaha, hears us not. By this, we know the spirit of truth, and the
spirit of error.
7 My beloved, let us love
one another: because love is from Alaha; and whoever loves, is born
of Alaha and knows Alaha.
8 Because Alaha
is love; and whoever loves not, does not know Alaha.
9
By this was the love of Alaha towards us made known, because Alaha
sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we by him might
live.
10 In this is love; it was not that
we loved Alaha, but that Alaha loved us, and sent his Son a
propitiation for our sins.
11 My beloved,
if Alaha has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12
No one has ever seen Alaha; but if we love one another, Alaha abides
in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13
And by this we know, that we abide in him and that he abides in us,
because he has given of his Spirit to us.
14
And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father has sent his Son, a
Redeemer for the world.
15 Whoever
confesses Yeshua to be the Son of Alaha, Alaha abides in him, and he
abides in Alaha.
16 And we have believed
and known the love, which Alaha has towards us: for Alaha is love,
and whoever abides in love, abides in Alaha.
17
And hereby is his love perfected with us; that we may have open
countenances in the day of judgment; because as he was, so also are
we in this world.
18 In love there is no
fear; but perfect love casts out fear; because fear exists in peril,
and he that fears is not perfected in love.
19
Let us, therefore, love Alaha; because he has first loved us.
20
And if any one shall say, I love Alaha, and yet hates his brother, he
is a liar: for he that loves not his brother who is visible, how can
he love Alaha who is invisible ?
21 And
this command we have received from him, that whoever loves Alaha,
must love also his brother.
V.
1
Whoever believes that Yeshua is Mshikha, is born of Alaha. And
whoever loves the begetter, loves him also that is begotten of
him.
2 And by this we know, that we love
the children of Alaha, when we love Alaha, and follow his
commandments.
3 For this is the love
of Alaha, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not
burdensome.
4 Because, whoever is born of
Alaha, overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes
the world, our faith.
5 For who is he that
overcomes the world, but he that believes that Yeshua is the Son of
Alaha ?
6 This is he who came by the water
and the blood. Yeshua Mshikha; not by the water only, but by the
water and the blood. And the Spirit testifies; because the Spirit is
truth.
7 * [For there are three that
testify in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and
these three are one.]
8 And there are three
witnesses, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three
are in union.
9 If we receive the
testimony of men, how much greater is the testimony of Alaha? And
this is the testimony of Alaha, which he has testified concerning his
Son.
10 Whoever believes in the Son
of Alaha, has this testimony in himself. And whoever believes not
Alaha, has made him a liar, by not believing the testimony which
Alaha has testified concerning his Son.
11
And this is the testimony, that Alaha has given to us life eternal,
and this life is in his Son.
12 Every one
that takes hold of the Son, takes hold of life; and every one that
takes not hold of the Son, has not life.
13
These things have I written to you, that you may know that you have
life eternal, you who believe in the name of the Son of Alaha.
14
And this is the confidence that we have towards him, that whatever we
ask of him, agreeably to his will, he hears us.
15
And if we are persuaded that he hears us respecting what we ask of
him, we are confident of receiving presently the petitions which we
asked of him.
16 If any one shall see his
brother sin a sin which does not deserve death, he shall ask, and
life will be given him, to them [I say] who sin not as unto death.
For there is a sin of death; and I do not say of this, that a man
should pray for it.
17 For all iniquity is
sin; and there is a sin which is not of death.
18
And we know, that every one who is born of Alaha, sins not: for he
that is born of Alaha keeps himself, and the evil one touches him
not.
19 We know, that we are of Alaha; and
all the world is reposing on the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of Alaha has
come, and has given us knowledge that we might know the True One; and
that we might be in the True One, in his Son Yeshua Mshikha. He is
the true Alaha, and the life eternal.
21
My children, keep yourselves from idolatry.
End of the first
Epistle of Yokhanan the Apostle.
* This verse is wanting in
most MSS., and is omitted in the edit. London, 1826.
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