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.

1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just.Figliuolini miei, scrivo a voi queste cose, affinchè non pecchiate. Che se alcuno avrà peccato, un avvocato abbiamo presso del Padre, Gesù Cristo giusto:My litle children, these things I vvrite to you, • that you sinne not. But & if any man shal sinne, vve haue • an aduocate vvith the Father, IESVS Christ the iust:Filioli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccetis. Sed et si quis peccaverit, advocatum habemus apud Patrem, Jesum Christum justum: 2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.Ed egli è propiziazione pe' nostri peccati: né solamente pe' nostri, ma anche per quelli di tutto il mondo.and he is the propitiation for our sinnes: and not for ours only, but also • for the vvhole vvorldes.et ipse est propitiatio pro peccatis nostris: non pro nostris autem tantum, sed etiam pro totius mundi. 3And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.E da questo sappiamo, che lo abbiam conosciuto, se osserviamo i suoi comandamenti.And in this vve know that vve haue knovven him, if vve obserue his commaundements.Et in hoc scimus quoniam cognovimus eum, si mandata ejus observemus. 4He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.Chi dice che lo conosce, e non osserva i suoi comandamenti, è bugiardo, e non è in costui verità.• He that saith he knovveth him, and keepeth not his cōmaundements: is a lier and the truth is not in him:Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandata ejus non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est. 5But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.Ma chi osserva la parola di lui, in questo veramente è perfetta la carità di Dio: e da questo sappiamo, che siamo in lui.But he that keepeth his vvord, in him in very deede the charitie of God is perfited: in this vve knovv that vve be in him.Qui autem servat verbum ejus, vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est: et in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus. 6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.Chi dice di stare in lui, dee batter la strada, che quegli battè.He that saith he abideth in him: ought euen as he walked, him self also to vvalke.Qui dicit se in ipso manere, debet, sicut ille ambulavit, et ipse ambulare. 7Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.Carissimi, io non vi scrivo un comandamento nuovo, ma un comandamento vecchio, quale voi riceveste da principio: il comandamento vecchio è la parola, che udiste.My deerest, I vvrite not a nevv cōmaundement to you, but an old cōmmaundemēt vvhich you had from the beginning. The old cōmaundement is the vvord vvhich you haue heard.Carissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio. Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.

8Again a new commandment I write unto you: which thing is true both in him and in you, because the darkness is passed and the true light now shineth.Pel contrario un comandamento nuovo scrivo a voi, il quale è vero in lui, ed in voi: dappoiché sono passate le tenebre, e il vero lume già splende.Againe a nevv commaundement vvrite I to you, vvhich thing is true both in him and in you: because the darkenesse is passed, and the true light novv shineth.Iterum mandatum novum scribo vobis, quod verum est et in ipso, et in vobis: quia tenebræ transierunt, et verum lumen jam lucet. 9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now.Chi dice se essere nella luce, e odia il proprio fratello, è tuttora nelle tenebre.He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother: is in the darkenesse euen vntil novv.Qui dicit se in luce esse, et fratrem suum odit, in tenebris est usque adhuc. 10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light: and there is no scandal in him.Chi ama il proprio fratello, sta nella luce, e non vi ha in lui scandalo.He that loueth his brother, abideth in the light, and scandal is not in him.Qui diligit fratrem suum, in lumine manet, et scandalum in eo non est. 11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth: because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.Ma chi odia il proprio fratello, è nelle tenebre, e nelle tenebre cammina, e non sa, dove vada: perché le tenebre hanno accecati gli occhi di lui.But he that hateth his brother: is in the darkenesse, and vvalketh in the darkenesse, and knovveth not vvhither he goeth, because the darkenes hath blinded his eies.Qui autem odit fratrem suum, in tenebris est, et in tenebris ambulat, et nescit quo eat: quia tenebræ obcæcaverunt oculos ejus. 12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.Scrivo a voi, figliuolini, che vi sono rimessi i peccati pel nome di lui.I vvrite vnto you litle children, because your sinnes are forgiuen you for his name.Scribo vobis, filioli, quoniam remittuntur vobis peccata propter nomen ejus. 13I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.Scrivo a voi, padri, che avete conosciuto colui, che è da principio. Scrivo a voi, giovinetti, che avete vinto il maligno.I vvrite vnto you fathers, because you haue knovven him vvhich is from the beginning. I vvrite vnto you yong men, because you haue ouercome the vvicked one.Scribo vobis, patres, quoniam cognovistis eum, qui ab initio est. Scribo vobis, adolescentes, quoniam vicistis malignum.

14I write unto you, babes, because you have known the Father. I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.Scrivo a voi, fanciulli che avete conosciuto il Padre. Scrivo a voi, o giovinetti, che siete forti, e la parola di Dio sta in voi, ed avete vinto il maligno.I vvrite to you infantes, because you haue knovven the Father. I vvrite vnto you yong men, because you are strong, and the vvord of God abideth in you, & you haue ouercome the vvicked one.Scribo vobis, infantes, quoniam cognovistis patrem. Scribo vobis juvenes, quoniam fortes estis, et verbum Dei manet in vobis, et vicistis malignum. 15Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him.Non vogliate amare il mondo, né le cose del mondo. Se uno ama il mondo, la carità del Padre non è in lui.Loue not the vvorld, nor those things vvhich are in the vvorld. If any man loue the vvorld, the charitie of the Father is not in him.Nolite diligere mundum, neque ea quæ in mundo sunt. Si quis diligit mundum, non est caritas Patris in eo: 16For all that is in the world is the concupiscence of the flesh and the concupiscence of the eyes and the pride of life, which is not of the Father but is of the world.Dappoiché tutto quello, che è nel mondo è concupiscenza della carne, concupiscenza degli occhi, e superbia della vita: la quale non viene dal padre, ma dal mondo.because al that is in the vvorld, is the concupiscence of the flesh, & the concupiscence of the eies, and the pride of life, vvhich is not of the Father, but is of the vvorld.quoniam omne quod est in mundo, concupiscentia carnis est, et concupiscentia oculorum, et superbia vitæ: quæ non est ex Patre, sed ex mundo est. 17And the world passeth away and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God abideth for ever.E il mondo passa, e la di lui concupiscenza. Ma chi fa il volere di Dio, dura in eterno.And the vvorld passeth and the concupiscence thereof. But he that doeth the vvil of God, abideth for euer.Et mundus transit, et concupiscentia ejus: qui autem facit voluntatem Dei manet in æternum. 18Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.Figliuolini, ell'è l'ultima ora: e siccome udiste, che l'Anticristo viene, anche adesso molti sono diventati Anticristi: donde intendiamo, che è l'ultim'ora.Litle children, it is the last houre, & as you haue heard, that Antichrist commeth: now there are become • many antichristes: vvhereby vve knovv, that it is the last houre.Filioli, novissima hora est: et sicut audistis quia antichristus venit, et nunc antichristi multi facti sunt; unde scimus, quia novissima hora est.

19They went out from us but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us: but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us.Sono usciti di tra noi, ma non erano de' nostri: perché se fossero stati de' nostri, si sarebbon certamente rimasi con noi: ma si dee far manifesto, che non tutti sono de' nostri.• They vvent out from vs: but they vvere not of vs. for if they had been of vs, they vvould surely haue remained with vs: but • that they may be manifest that they are not al of vs.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. 20But you have the unction from the Holy One and know all things.Ma voi avete l'unzione dal santo, e sapete ogni cosa.But you haue the vnction from the Holy one, and • knovv al things.Sed vos unctionem habetis a Sancto, et nostis omnia. 21I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.Non vi ho scritto come ad ignoranti la verità, ma come a tali, che la sanno: e che nissuna bugia vien dalla verità.I haue not vvritten to you as to them that knovv not the truth, but as to them that knovv it: and that no lie is of the truth.Non scripsi vobis quasi ignorantibus veritatem, sed quasi scientibus eam: et quoniam omne mendacium ex veritate non est. 22Who is a liar, but he who denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist, who denieth the Father and the Son.Chi è bugiardo se non colui, che nega, che Gesù sia il Cristo? Costui è un Anticristo, che nega il Padre, e il Figliuolo.Vvho is a lier, but he vvhich denieth that IESVS is not Christ? This is Antichrist vvhich denieth the Father and the Sonne.Quis est mendax, nisi is qui negat quoniam Jesus est Christus ? Hic est antichristus, qui negat Patrem, et Filium. 23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.Chi nega il Figliuolo, non ha nemmeno il Padre: chi confessa il Figliuolo, ha anche il Padre.Euery one that denieth the Sonne, neither hath he the Father. He that confesseth the Sonne, hath the Father also.Omnis qui negat Filium, nec Patrem habet: qui confitetur Filium, et Patrem habet. 24As for you, let that which you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If that abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning, you also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.Quello, che voi udiste da principio, stia fermo in voi: se in voi starà fermo quello, che udiste da principio, anche voi starete fermi nel Padre, e nel Figliuolo.You, that vvhich you haue heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If that abide in you vvhich you haue heard from the beginning, you also shal abide in the Sonne & the Father.Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat: si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis.

25And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.E questa è quella promessa, che egli ha fatto a noi, la vita eterna.And this is the promis vvhich he promised vs, life euerlasting.Et hæc est repromissio, quam ipse pollicitus est nobis, vitam æternam. 26These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce you.Queste cose vi ho scritto riguardo a quelli, che vi seducono.These things haue I vvritten to you concerning them that seduce you.Hæc scripsi vobis de his, qui seducant vos. 27And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you: but as his unction teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.Ma resti in voi l'unzione, che avete da lui ricevuta. Né avete bisogno, che alcuno vi ammaestri: ma siccome l'unzione di lui insegna a voi tutte le cose, ed è verace, e non bugiarda. E siccome ha a voi insegnato: statevi in lui.And you, the vnction vvhich you haue receiued from him, let it abide in you. And you haue no neede that any man teache you: but as his vnction teacheth you of al things, and it is true, and it is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.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. 28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be confounded by him at his coming.Adesso adunque, figliuolini, state in lui: affinchè quand'egli apparirà, abbiamo fiducia, e non siamo nella sua venuta svergognati da lui.And now litle children abide in him: that vvhen he shal appeare, vve may haue confidence, and not be cōfounded of him in his cōming.Et nunc, filioli, manete in eo: ut cum apparuerit, habeamus fiduciam, et non confundamur ab eo in adventu ejus. 29If you know that he is just, know ye, that every one also who doth justice is born of him.Se sapete, che egli è giusto, sappiate eziandio, che chiunque pratica la giustizia, è nato di lui.If you know that he is iust, knovv ye that euery one also vvhich doeth iustice, is borne of him.Si scitis quoniam justus est, scitote quoniam et omnis, qui facit justitiam, ex ipso natus est.

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Rheims 1582), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.

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