Catholic Epistle
A Reading from Epistle 1 of St. John .
May his blessing be upon us.
Amen.
1 John 2 : 1 - 11
Chapter 2
| 1 | My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
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| 2 | And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
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| 3 | Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
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| 4 | He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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| 5 | But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
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| 6 | He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
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| 7 | Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
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| 8 | Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
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| 9 | He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.
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| 10 | He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
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| 11 | But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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Do not love the world or the things in the world.
The world passes away, and its desires; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
Amen.
