Idete
Behold
potapēn
what manner of
agapēn
love
ho
the
Patēr
Father
dedōken
has given
hēmin
to us ,
hina
that
klēthōmen
we should be called
tekna
children
Theou
of God .
kai
And [that is what]
esmen
we are !
dia
The reason
touto
. . .
kosmos
world
ou
vvv
ginōskei
does not know
hēmas
us
hoti
[is] that
ouk
egnō
it did not know
auton
Him .
Agapētoi
Beloved ,
we are
nyn
now
of God ,
and
ti
what
esometha
we will be
oupō
{has} not yet
ephanerōthē
been revealed .
oidamen
We know
ean
when
phanerōthē
[Christ] appears ,
homoioi
like
autō
Him ,
for
opsometha
we will see
Him
kathōs
as
estin
He is .
And
pas
everyone
who
echōn
has
tautēn
this
tēn
-
elpida
hope
ep’
in
hagnizei
purifies
heauton
himself ,
just as
ekeinos
[ Christ ]
is
hagnos
pure .
Pas
Everyone
poiōn
practices
hamartian
sin
poiei
anomian
lawlessness
as well .
Indeed ,
hē
hamartia
anomia
lawlessness .
[But]
oidate
you know
[Christ]
appeared
to
arē
take away
tas
hamartias
sins ,
en
there is
no
sin .
No one
ouch
menōn
remains
hamartanei
keeps on sinning .
hamartanōn
continues to sin
heōraken
has seen
oude
[or]
egnōken
known
dikaiosynēn
righteousness
dikaios
righteous ,
righteous .
Teknia
Little children ,
mēdeis
{let} no one
planatō
deceive
hymas
you :
The [one who]
ek
of
tou
diabolou
devil ,
because
diabolos
devil
has been sinning
ap’
from
archēs
[the] very start .
eis
This is why
Huios
Son
of God
was revealed ,
lysē
destroy
ta
erga
works
of the
devil .
Anyone
gegennēmenos
born
God
refuses to practice
sin ,
autou
[God’s]
sperma
seed
menei
abides
him ;
dynatai
he cannot
hamartanein
go on sinning ,
gegennētai
he has been born
God .
By
toutō
are
phanera
distinguished
[from] the
devil :
mē
does not practice
not
God ,
[nor is]
anyone who
agapōn
does not love
his
ton
adelphon
brother .
Hoti
hautē
This
angelia
message
hēn
ēkousate
you have heard
[the] beginning :
agapōmen
We should love
allēlous
one another .
[Do] not [be]
Kain
Cain ,
ēn
[who] belonged to
ponērou
evil [one]
esphaxen
murdered
charin
why
tinos
did [Cain] slay
him ?
Because
[own]
deeds
were
ponēra
evil ,
de
while
those
adelphou
brother
dikaia
[were] righteous .
[So]
Mē
{do} not
thaumazete
be surprised ,
adelphoi
brothers ,
ei
if
misei
hates
you .
Hēmeis
We
know
metabebēkamen
we have passed
thanatou
death
zōēn
life ,
we love
tous
[our]
adelphous
brothers .
tō
thanatō
death .
misōn
anthrōpoktonos
a murderer ,
aiōnion
eternal
life
{does} not
echei
menousan
reside
a
murderer .
En
egnōkamen
we know
love [is]
- :
[Jesus]
ethēken
laid down
His
psychēn
hyper
hēmōn
us ,
hēmeis
we
opheilomen
ought
theinai
to lay down
psychas
lives
tōn
adelphōn
d’
an
If
hos
anyone
echē
with
kosmou
earthly
bion
possessions
theōrē
sees
echonta
[in]
chreian
need ,
[but]
kleisē
withholds
splanchna
compassion
him ,
pōs
how
{can} the
agapē
abide
let us love
logō
in word
mēde
[and]
tē
glōssē
speech ,
alla
but
ergō
action
alētheia
truth .
kardian
hearts
emprosthen
in His presence
. . . :
by
gnōsometha
we will know
we belong to
tēs
alētheias
truth ,
peisomen
will assure
our
Even
kardia
kataginōskē
condemn [us] ,
Theos
meizōn
greater than
kardias
hearts ,
He knows
panta
all things .
do not condemn [us] ,
echomen
we have
parrēsian
confidence
pros
before
Theon
lambanomen
we will receive
whatever
aitōmen
we ask ,
tēroumen
we keep
entolas
commandments
poioumen
do
aresta
is pleasing
enōpion
in His sight
. . . .
entolē
commandment :
pisteusōmen
we should believe
in the
onomati
name
of His
Huiou
Son ,
Iēsou
Jesus
Christou
Christ ,
we should love
one another
edōken
entolēn
He commanded
us .
Whoever
tērōn
keeps
[God] ,
autos
[God]
him .
ginōskomen
He remains
us :
Pneumatos
Spirit
hou
He has given