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# 1 John 2

1 John 2 is chapter 2 of 5 in the First Letter of John. Here are all 29 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ is our advocate. We must keep his commandments and love one another. We must not love the world nor give ear to new teachers, but abide by the spirit of God in the church.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 1 John 2 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. My little sons, this I write to you, so that you may not sin. But if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Just One.
2. And he is the propitiation for our sins. And not only for our sins, but also for those of the whole world.
3. And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments.
4. Whoever claims that he knows him, and yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5. But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.
6. Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.
7. Most beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but the old commandment, which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word, which you have heard.
8. Then too, I am writing to you a new commandment, which is the Truth in him and in you. For the darkness has passed away, and the true Light is now shining.
9. Whoever declares himself to be in the light, and yet hates his brother, is in the darkness even now.
10. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of offense in him.
11. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness, and in darkness he walks, and he does not know where he is going. For the darkness has blinded his eyes.
12. I am writing to you, little sons, because your sins are forgiven for the sake of his name.
13. I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, adolescents, because you have overcome the evil one.
14. I am writing to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I am writing to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
15. Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.
16. For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17. And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity.
18. Little sons, it is the last hour. And, as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have arrived. By this, we know that it is the last hour.
19. They went out from among us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, certainly they would have remained with us. But in this way, it is made manifest that none of them are of us.
20. Yet you have the anointing of the Holy One, and you know everything.
21. I have not written to you as to ones who are ignorant of the truth, but as to ones who know the truth. For no lie is of the truth.
22. Who is a liar, other than he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the Antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
23. No one who denies the Son also has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son, also has the Father.
24. As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you, too, shall abide in the Son and in the Father.
25. And this is the Promise, which he himself has promised to us: Eternal Life.
26. I have written these things to you, because of those who would seduce you.
27. But as for you, let the Anointing that you have received from him abide in you. And so, you have no need of anyone to teach you. For his Anointing teaches you about everything, and it is the truth, and it is not a lie. And just as his Anointing has taught you, abide in him.
28. And now, little sons, abide in him, so that when he appears, we may have faith, and we may not be confounded by him at his advent.
29. If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.

## 1 John 2 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Filioli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccetis. Sed et si quis peccaverit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum justum:
2. et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi.
3. Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata ejus observemus.
4. Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandata ejus non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est.
5. Qui autem servat verbum ejus, vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est: et in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus.
6. Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare.
7. Carissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio. Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.
8. Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet.
9. Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc.
10. Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est.
11. Qui autem odit fratrem suum, in tenebris est, et in tenebris ambulat, et nescit quo eat: quia tenebræ obcæcaverunt oculos ejus.
12. Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen ejus.
13. Scribo vobis, patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis, adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.
14. Scribo vobis, infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis juvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum.
15. Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quæ in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est caritas Patris in eo:
16. quoniam omne quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitæ: quæ non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est.
17. Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia ejus: qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in æternum.
18. Filioli, novissima hora est: et sicut audistis quia antichristus venit, et nunc antichristi multi facti sunt; unde scimus, quia novissima hora est.
19. Ex nobis prodierunt, sed non erant ex nobis, nam, si fuissent ex nobis, permansissent utique nobiscum: sed ut manifesti sint quoniam non sunt omnes ex nobis.
20. Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia.
21. Non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem, sed quasi scientibus eam: et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est.
22. Quis est mendax, nisi is qui negat quoniam Jesus est Christus? Hic est antichristus, qui negat Patrem, et Filium.
23. Omnis qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet: qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet.
24. Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat: si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis.
25. Et hæc est repromissio, quam ipse pollicitus est nobis, vitam æternam.
26. Hæc scripsi vobis de his, qui seducant vos.
27. Et vos unctionem, quam accepistis ab eo, maneat in vobis. Et non necesse habetis ut aliquis doceat vos: sed sicut unctio ejus docet vos de omnibus, et verum est, et non est mendacium. Et sicut docuit vos: manete in eo.
28. Et nunc, filioli, manete in eo: ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu ejus.
29. Si scitis quoniam justus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit justitiam, ex ipso natus est.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 675: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1460: The Acts of the Penitent ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2634: Prayer of Intercession ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1720: Christian Beatitude ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2631: Prayer of Petition ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2514: The Ninth Commandment ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 672: He Will Come Again in Glory ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 91: The Interpretation of the Heritage of Faith ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2778: "We Dare To Say" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “Two loves have made two cities: love of self unto contempt of God, and love of God unto contempt of self.” — St. Augustine of Hippo, City of God, XIV.28, c. 426 (On this theme: verse 15)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 3: He speaks of that practical knowledge by love and affection, which can only be proved by our keeping his commandments; and without which we can not be said to know God as we should do.
- Verse 8: “A new commandment” … Viz., the commandment of love, which was first given in the old law; but was renewed and extended by Christ. See John 13. 34.
- Verse 18: “It is the last hour” … That is, it is the last age of the world. Many Antichrists, that is, many heretics, enemies of Christ and his church, and forerunners of the great Antichrist.
- Verse 19: “They were not of us” … That is, they were not solid, steadfast, genuine Christians: otherwise they would have remained in the church.
- Verse 20: That is, grace and wisdom from the Holy Ghost.
- Verse 20: The true children of God's church, remaining in unity, under the guidance of their lawful pastors, partake of the grace of the Holy Ghost, promised to the church and her pastors; and have in the church all necessary knowledge and instruction; so as to have no need to seek it elsewhere, since it can be only found in that society of which they are members.
- Verse 27: “You have no need” … You want not to be taught by any of these men, who, under pretence of imparting more knowledge to you, seek to seduce you (ver. 26), since you are sufficiently taught already, and have all knowledge and grace in the church, with the unction of the Holy Ghost; which these new teachers have no share in.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Fri, Nov 6, 2026: Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, 1 John 2:5
- Mon, Dec 28, 2026: Holy Innocents, Martyrs — First Reading, 1 John 1:5—2:2
- Tue, Dec 29, 2026: The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas — First Reading, 1 John 2:3-11
- Wed, Dec 30, 2026: The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas — First Reading, 1 John 2:12-17

14 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).