1 John · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 John 2 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Τεκνία μου, ταύτα σας γράφω διά να μη αμαρτήσητε. Και εάν τις αμαρτήση, έχομεν παράκλητον προς τον Πατέρα, τον Ιησούν Χριστόν τον δίκαιον·
1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
2 και αυτός είναι ιλασμός περί των αμαρτιών ημών, και ουχί μόνον περί των ημετέρων, αλλά και περί όλου του κόσμου.
2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
3 Και εν τούτω γνωρίζομεν ότι εγνωρίσαμεν αυτόν, εάν τας εντολάς αυτού φυλάττωμεν.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
4 Όστις λέγει, Εγνώρισα αυτόν, και τας εντολάς αυτού δεν φυλάττει, ψεύστης είναι, και εν τούτω η αλήθεια δεν υπάρχει·
4 One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
5 όστις όμως φυλάττη τον λόγον αυτού, αληθώς εν τούτω η αγάπη του Θεού είναι τετελειωμένη. Εν τούτω γνωρίζομεν ότι είμεθα εν αυτώ.
5 But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
6 Όστις λέγει ότι μένει εν αυτώ χρεωστεί, καθώς εκείνος περιεπάτησε, και αυτός ούτω να περιπατή.
6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
7 Αδελφοί, δεν σας γράφω εντολήν νέαν, αλλ' εντολήν παλαιάν, την οποίαν είχετε απ' αρχής· η εντολή η παλαιά είναι ο λόγος, τον οποίον ηκούσατε απ' αρχής.
7 Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
8 Πάλιν εντολήν νέαν σας γράφω, το οποίον είναι αληθές εις αυτόν και εις εσάς, διότι το σκότος παρέρχεται και το φως το αληθινόν ήδη φέγγει.
8 Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.
9 Όστις λέγει ότι είναι εν τω φωτί και μισεί τον αδελφόν αυτού, εν τω σκότει είναι έως τώρα.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness even until now.
10 Όστις αγαπά τον αδελφόν αυτού εν τω φωτί μένει, και σκάνδαλον εν αυτώ δεν είναι·
10 He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.
11 όστις όμως μισεί τον αδελφόν αυτού εν τω σκότει είναι και εν τω σκότει περιπατεί και δεν εξεύρει που υπάγει, διότι το σκότος ετύφλωσε τους οφθαλμούς αυτού.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 Γράφω προς εσάς, τεκνία, διότι συνεχωρήθησαν αι αμαρτίαι σας διά το όνομα αυτού.
12 I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 Γράφω προς εσάς, πατέρες, διότι εγνωρίσατε τον απ' αρχής. Γράφω προς εσάς, νεανίσκοι, διότι ενικήσατε τον πονηρόν. Γράφω προς εσάς, παιδία, διότι εγνωρίσατε τον Πατέρα.
13 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
14 Έγραψα προς εσάς, πατέρες, διότι εγνωρίσατε τον απ' αρχής. Έγραψα προς εσάς, νεανίσκοι, διότι είσθε ισχυροί και ο λόγος του Θεού μένει εν υμίν και ενικήσατε τον πονηρόν.
14 I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Μη αγαπάτε τον κόσμον μηδέ τα εν τω κόσμω. Εάν τις αγαπά τον κόσμον, η αγάπη του Πατρός δεν είναι εν αυτώ·
15 Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.
16 διότι παν το εν τω κόσμω, η επιθυμία της σαρκός και η επιθυμία των οφθαλμών και η αλαζονεία του βίου δεν είναι εκ του Πατρός, αλλ' είναι εκ του κόσμου.
16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.
17 Και ο κόσμος παρέρχεται και η επιθυμία αυτού· όστις όμως πράττει το θέλημα του Θεού μένει εις τον αιώνα.
17 The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
18 Παιδία, εσχάτη ώρα είναι, και καθώς ηκούσατε ότι ο αντίχριστος έρχεται, και τώρα πολλοί αντίχριστοι υπάρχουσιν· όθεν γνωρίζομεν ότι είναι εσχάτη ώρα.
18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
19 Εξ ημών εξήλθον, αλλά δεν ήσαν εξ ημών· διότι εάν ήσαν εξ ημών, ήθελον μένει μεθ' υμών· αλλά εξήλθον διά να φανερωθώσιν ότι δεν είναι πάντες εξ ημών.
19 They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
20 Και σεις έχετε χρίσμα από του Αγίου και γνωρίζετε πάντα.
20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
21 Δεν σας έγραψα διότι δεν εξεύρετε την αλήθειαν, αλλά διότι εξεύρετε αυτήν, και διότι παν ψεύδος εκ της αληθείας δεν είναι.
21 I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 Τις είναι ο ψεύστης, ειμή ο αρνούμενος ότι ο Ιησούς δεν είναι ο Χριστός; ούτος είναι ο αντίχριστος, ο αρνούμενος τον Πατέρα και τον Υιόν.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
23 Πας ο αρνούμενος τον Υιόν δεν έχει ουδέ τον Πατέρα. Όστις ομολογεί τον Υιόν έχει και τον Πατέρα.
23 Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
24 Εκείνο λοιπόν το οποίον υμείς ηκούσατε απ' αρχής, ας μένη εν υμίν. Εάν μένη εν υμίν εκείνο το οποίον ηκούσατε απ' αρχής, και υμείς θέλετε μένει εν τω Υιώ και εν τω Πατρί.
24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
25 Και αύτη είναι η υπόσχεσις, την οποίαν αυτός υπεσχέθη προς ημάς, η ζωή η αιώνιος.
25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
26 Ταύτα σας έγραψα περί εκείνων, οίτινες σας πλανώσι.
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
27 Και το χρίσμα, το οποίον υμείς ελάβετε απ' αυτού, εν υμίν μένει, και δεν έχετε χρείαν να σας διδάσκη τις· αλλά καθώς σας διδάσκει το αυτό χρίσμα περί πάντων, ούτω και αληθές είναι και δεν είναι ψεύδος· και καθώς σας εδίδαξε, θέλετε μένει εν αυτώ.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
28 Και τώρα, τεκνία, μένετε εν αυτώ, ίνα όταν φανερωθή, έχωμεν παρρησίαν και μη αισχυνθώμεν απ' αυτού εν τη παρουσία αυτού.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 Εάν εξεύρητε ότι είναι δίκαιος, γνωρίζετε ότι πας ο πράττων την δικαιοσύνην εξ αυτού εγεννήθη.
29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Timothy 2:5; Romans 8:34; John 14:6; 1 John 1:8–10; Hebrews 7:24–26
- 2 1 John 4:14; 1 Peter 3:18; John 1:29; 1 John 4:10; 1 Peter 2:24
- 3 John 14:15; John 15:10; 1 John 5:3; Luke 6:46; 1 John 4:13
- 4 1 John 1:6; Titus 1:16; James 2:14–16; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 4:20
- 5 John 14:23; John 14:21; 1 John 4:12–13; Luke 11:28; 1 John 3:24
- 6 1 Peter 2:21; John 13:15; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 John 3:6; John 15:4–6
- 7 1 John 3:11; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 12:29–34; 2 John 5–6; Romans 13:8–10
- 8 Ephesians 5:8; Romans 13:12; John 13:34; John 8:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 9 1 John 4:20; 1 John 2:11; 1 John 3:13–17; Psalm 82:5; 1 Corinthians 13:1–3
- 10 1 John 3:14; Romans 9:32–33; Romans 14:13; Hosea 6:3; Matthew 18:7
- 11 John 12:35; Titus 3:3; Revelation 3:17; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:9
- 12 Acts 10:43; Acts 13:38; Ephesians 1:7; Psalm 106:8; Acts 4:12
- 13 John 14:7; 1 John 2:14; Luke 10:22; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 1:1
- 14 Psalm 119:11; 1 John 2:13; Colossians 3:16; John 15:7; Ephesians 6:10
- 15 James 4:4; Romans 12:2; Matthew 6:24; Colossians 3:1–2; Luke 16:13
- 16 Romans 13:14; Galatians 5:17; Psalm 119:36–37; Genesis 3:6; Proverbs 27:20
- 17 Matthew 24:35; 1 Corinthians 7:31; Romans 12:2; 1 Peter 4:2; Hebrews 10:36
- 18 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7; 1 John 2:22; Matthew 24:24; Matthew 24:5
- 19 Acts 20:30; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Jude 19; Luke 8:13; 2 Peter 2:20–21
- 20 1 John 2:27; John 14:26; 2 Corinthians 1:21–22; Isaiah 61:1; Psalm 23:5
- 21 2 Peter 1:12; Jude 5; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:8–9; Romans 15:14–15
- 22 2 John 7; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 2:18; Jude 4; 1 John 2:23
- 23 1 John 4:15; John 8:19; John 5:23; John 10:30; John 15:23–24
- 24 John 14:23; John 15:9–10; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 4:16; 2 John 5–6
- 25 John 10:28; Titus 3:7; Jude 21; John 17:2–3; Titus 1:2
- 26 2 Peter 2:1–3; 2 John 7; 1 John 3:7; Acts 20:29–30; Mark 13:22
- 27 John 14:26; 1 John 2:20–21; 1 Corinthians 2:13; John 16:13; Jeremiah 31:33–34
- 28 1 John 4:17; Mark 8:38; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 3:21
- 29 John 3:3–5; 1 John 3:7; John 1:13; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 4:7
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven through His name. 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, children, because ye have known the Father.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Verily, Thou commandest that I should be continent from the "lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life." Thou hast commanded me to abstain from concubinage; and as to marriage itself, Thou hast advised something better than Thou hast allowed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all consolation: and, We bow our knees unto the Father from whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth is named: glorifying Him with the Only-begotten: for he that denieth the Father, denieth the Son also: and again, He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also; knowing that Jesus …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… wear the Body which He assumed, until He make me God by the power of His Incarnation; although He is no longer known after the flesh --I mean, the passions of the flesh, the same, except sin, as ours. Thus too, we have an Advocate, Jesus Christ, not indeed prostrating Himself for us before the Father, and falling down before …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
There remain the delights of these eyes of my flesh, concerning which to make my confessions in the hearing of the ears of Thy temple, those fraternal and devout ears; and so to conclude the temptations of "the lust of the flesh" which still assail me, groaning and desiring to be clothed upon with my house from heaven.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)