The First Letter from John

The First Letter from John




1 [1-4] About the Christ, the Word of Life, which was from the beginning, which we’ve heard, and which we’ve seen and looked on with our own eyes, and that our hands have touched. The Life was made known to us, and we’ve seen it, and are eye witnesses, and tell you about that Everlasting Life, which was with Yahweh God. What we’ve seen and heard we tell to you, so that you also can become one of us. The truth is, our relationship is with God, and with Yeshua the Christ of God. And we write this to you, so that you can have complete joy.



God Forgives Our Sin if We Admit It

[5-10] So this is the Word which we’ve heard from them, and that we tell to you, that God is light, and there’s no darkness at all in God. If we say that we know God, and yet live in the darkness of sin, we lie, and don’t act truthfully: But if we walk in the goodness of light, as Christ is in the light, we have a relationship with one another as well, and the blood of Yeshua the Christ of God, washes out all the stains of our sin. If we say that we don’t sin, we’re only lying to ourselves, and the truth isn’t in us. If we admit our sins, God is faithful and fair in forgiving our sins, and washes us from all our ungodliness. If we say that we haven’t sinned, we call God a liar, and God’s Word isn’t in us.



Christ Speaks Up for Us

2 [1-6] My little children, I write this to you, so that you don’t sin. But if anyone does sin, we have One who speaks up for us with Yahweh God, Yeshua the Christ, who never sinned. The Christ took the punishment for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. If we do what God’s Word says, we know that we know the Christ. But whoever says, “I know God,” and doesn’t do what God’s Word says, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in them. And whoever keeps the Word, God’s love is truly complete in them. By this, we know that we’re in God: whoever says they live in Christ should act like the Christ acted.

[7-17] People of God, I’m not writing a New Word to you, but the same word which you had from the beginning. This same word is the Word which you’ve heard from the beginning. But in the same way, I do write a New Word to you, which is true in Christ and in you. The darkness of sin is over, and the true light of Christ now shines. Whoever says they’re in the light, and hates someone, is still in darkness even now. Whoever loves others lives in the light, and there’s no reason for them to stumble. But whoever hates another is in the darkness of sin, and lives in that darkness, and doesn’t know where they are going, because that darkness has blinded them to the truth. I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven in Christ’s name. I write to you, parents, because you’ve known Christ, who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you’ve overcome the devil. I write to you, little children, because you’ve known Yahweh God, as a parent. I’ve written to you, parents, because you’ve known Christ, who is from the beginning. I’ve written to you, young people, because you’re strong, and the Word of God lives in you, and you’ve overcome the devil. So don’t love the world, or anything that’s in it. If anyone loves the world, God’s love isn’t in them. Everything that is in the world, every sinful thing you do, and every sinful thing you want, and all your sinful pride, isn’t of God, but is of the world. And the world will come to an end, along with all its wants: but whoever does the will of God will live forever.



The Antichrist will Come

[18-29] Little children, the last days are here! As you’ve heard that the Antichrist will come, even now there are many antichrists; so we know that it’s the last days. They left us, but they weren’t of us, and if they were of us, they would no doubt have stayed with us: but they left, so that it would be plain that all of them weren’t of us. But you’re anointed by the Holy Spirit, and you know everything. I haven’t written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. But whoever denies that Yeshua is the Christ is a liar! Whoever denies Yahweh God and Yeshua the Christ is an antichrist. Whoever denies the Christ, doesn’t have God either: but whoever accepts the Christ has God also. So let that live in you, which you’ve heard from the beginning. If what you’ve heard from the beginning stays in you, you’ll also stay in the Christ, and in God as well. The promise that the Christ has promised us is everlasting life. I have written this to you about those who lie to you to lead you away. But the anointing of the Spirit, which you’ve been given by Christ lives in you. You don’t need anyone to teach you, because this same Spirit teaches you everything, and is the truth, and no lie. Just as it has taught you, you’ll live in Christ. So now, little children, live in Christ Yeshua; so that when the Christ appears, we can be sure of ourselves, and not be ashamed at the coming of the Christ. If you know that Christ is good, you know that everyone who lives a godly lifestyle is born of the Christ.



We’re called the Children of God

3 [1-12] Look at the love that God has given to us, that we’re called the children of God! The world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know God. My loved ones, now we’re the children of God, and though we don’t yet know what we’ll be like, we know that when Yeshua appears, we’ll be like the Christ. Then we’ll see who the Christ really is. And all those who have this hope in Christ wash themselves, to be as pure as Christ. Whoever is doing sinful things disobeys the Word of God also, because sin is the rebelliousness of the Word of God. And you know that the Christ appeared to take away our sins; and there’s no sin in Christ. Whoever lives in Christ doesn’t keep on sinning. Whoever keeps on sinning hasn’t seen Christ and doesn’t know Christ. Little children, let no one mislead you. Whoever does goodness is good, just as Christ is good. Whoever is doing sinful things is of the devil because the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this reason, my loved ones, the Child of God was made known, in order to destroy what the devil has done. Whoever is born of God doesn’t keep on sinning because the seed stays in them: and they can’t keep on sinning, because they’re born of God. By this, the children of God, and the children of the devil are made known. Those who don’t act with goodness, nor love others aren’t of God. So to love one another is the message that you heard from the beginning. Not as Cain, who was of the devil, and killed Able. And why did Cain kill Able? Because Cain’s own actions were evil, and Abel’s actions were good.



We’ll Be Hated by the World

[13-24] Don’t be surprised, my children, if the world hates you. We know that we’ve passed from death to life, because we love all Christians. Whoever doesn’t love others lives in death. Whoever hates others is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life in them. By this we know God’s love, because the Christ’s life was given for us, and we also ought to give up our lives for all Christians. Whoever has the things of this world, and sees another who has a need, and doesn’t care for them, how can God’s love be in them? My little children, let’s not love just in the words of our mouths; but in the truth of our actions. And by this we know that we’re of the truth, and will assure our hearts in Christ. But if our heart makes us feel guilty, God is greater than our heart, and knows everything. My loved ones, if our heart doesn’t make us feel guilty, then we’re sure that we’re in God. And whatever we ask, we’ll get from God, because we do the Word of God, and do what’s pleasing in the sight of God. God’s Word tells us to believe on the Name of the Child of God, Yeshua the Christ and to love one another, just as God told us to. Now whoever obeys the Word of God lives in God, and God lives in them. And we know that God lives in us by the Spirit that God has given us.



The Spirit of the Antichrist

4 [1-6] My loved ones, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they’re from God. Many false teachers have gone out into the world. Know the Spirit of God by this: Every spirit that says that Yeshua the Christ has come in a physical body is of God: And every spirit that doesn’t say that Yeshua the Christ has come in a physical body isn’t of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you’ve heard was to come; and even now is already in the world. You’re of God, little children, and have overcome them. Greater is the God who is in you, than the one who is in the world. They’re of the world, so they speak from the knowledge of the world, and the world hears them. We’re of God. Whoever knows God listens to us; and whoever isn’t of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of evil.



Love One Another

[7-21] My loved ones, let’s love one another because love is of God; and everyone that loves is born of God, and knows God. Whoever doesn't love, doesn’t know God because God is love. In this God’s love toward us was made known, because God sent the only One Born of God into the world, that we might live through Yeshua the Christ. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent the Christ to take our place for the punishment of our sins. My loved ones, if God loved us like this, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us, and God’s love is shown in us. By this we know that we live in God, and God in us, because God has given us the Holy Spirit. And we’ve seen and tell others that God sent the Christ to be the Savior of the world. Whoever says that Yeshua is the Child of God, God lives in them, and they live in God. And we’ve known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and whoever loves, lives in God, and God in them. In this, our love is fully shown, that we can have no fear in the day of judgment, because as Christ is, so are we in this world. There’s no fear in love; but complete love puts fear away because fear has suffering. Whoever has fear doesn’t know love. We love God, because God first loved us. If someone says, I love God, and hates another; they’re a liar. Whoever doesn’t love others whom they have seen, how can they love God whom they haven’t seen? And this word we have from God, that those who love God must love others also.



Our Faith will Overcome the World

5 [1-5] Whoever believes that Yeshua is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loves the One who gave the Christ also loves the Christ, who is born of God. And we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and obey the Word of God. This is God’s love, that we obey the Word of God: and these words aren’t hard. Whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and our faith is the victory that overcomes the world. Whoever believes that Yeshua is the Child of God will overcome the world!



Three Witnesses, One God

[6-10] This is Yeshua the Christ, the One who came by the baptism of water and of blood; not by the baptism of water only, but by water and the suffering of blood. And it’s the Spirit that tells the truth about it, because the Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. And there are three that are truthful witnesses in heaven, Yahweh God, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are One God. And there are three that are truthful witnesses in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree as One. If we accept the witness of human beings, the witness of God is greater because this is the witness of God who has told us truthfully of the Christ. Those who believe in the Christ of God have the witness in themselves: and those who don’t believe God have made God a liar; because they don’t believe the Word that God gave of the Christ.



No Life Without Christ

[11-15] And this is the Word that God has given to us, everlasting life, and this life is in God’s Christ. Whoever has the Christ has life; and whoever doesn’t have the Christ of God doesn’t have life. I’ve written this to you who believe on the Name of Yeshua, the Child of God; so that you can know that you have everlasting life, and so that you can keep on believing in the Name of the Child of God. And this is how we can be sure that we have the Christ, that is, if we ask anything that agrees with what God wants, God will hear us. And if we know that God hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we’ll get what we wanted from God.

[16-21] If anyone sees someone do something which is a sin, but doesn’t lead to death, if they’ll ask, God will give them life for those who don’t sin a sin which leads to death. There’s a sin that leads to death, so I’m not saying that they should pray for freedom from that kind of sin. All ungodliness is sin, but all sin doesn’t lead to death. We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin this kind of sin; but whoever is born of God has self-control, and the devil doesn’t touch them. And we know that we’re of God, but the whole world is tempted by evil. And we know that the Child of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we can know the One who is true. So we’re in the One who is true, even in God’s Child, Yeshua the Christ. This is the true God, and everlasting life. Little children, keep yourselves from worshiping anything else. So be it!