> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://amemamem.com.br/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Three Letters of John - URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/the-three-letters-of-john/ - Published: 2026-08-23T03:02:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T01:05:24.000Z - Description: On this page, the three letters of John are presented as continuous reading, without chapters, verses, editorial headings or footnotes. - Author: Airton Humber - Tags: #en, #de-as-tres-cartas-de-joao On this page, the three letters of John are presented as continuous reading, without chapters, verses, editorial headings or footnotes. The idea is simple: to read each letter as a letter, following the movement of the text, its repetitions, its connecting words and the words chosen by the author himself. --- [1 John](#primeira-carta) • [2 John](#segunda-carta) • [3 John](#terceira-carta) ## 1 John That which was from the beginning, which we heard, which we saw with our eyes, which we beheld and our hands touched, this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life was made manifest; we saw it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us. Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We write these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we heard from him and pass on to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him but walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim that we have not committed sin, we make God a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, I write these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an intercessor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the sins of the whole world. We know that we know him if we obey his commandments. The one who says, “I know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, in him the love of God is truly made perfect. In this way we know that we are in him: the one who says he remains in him must walk as he walked. Beloved, I am not writing you a new commandment, but an old commandment, which you have had from the beginning: the message you heard. Yet what I write to you is a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Whoever claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. Little children, I write to you because your sins have been forgiven, thanks to the name of Jesus. Fathers, I write to you because you know him who is from the beginning. Young men, I write to you because you have overcome the Evil One. Little children, I have written to you because you know the Father. Fathers, I have written to you because you know him who is from the beginning. Young men, I have written to you, because you are strong, and in you the Word of God remains and you have overcome the Evil One. Do not love the world or what is in it. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the boasting of possessions, does not come from the Father, but from the world. The world and its lust pass away, but the one who does the will of God remains forever. Little children, this is the last hour and, just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know that this is the last hour. They went out from among us, but in reality they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; the fact that they went out shows that none of them was of us. But you have an anointing that comes from the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge. I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it and because no lie comes from the truth. Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son. Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever publicly confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, make sure that what you heard from the beginning remains in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise he made to us: eternal life. I write these things to you concerning those who want to deceive you. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; but as his anointing, which is true and not false, teaches you about all things, remain in him as he taught you. Little children, now remain in him so that, when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, know also that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him. See how great is the love the Father has given us: that we should be called children of God, which is what we are! For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made manifest, but we know that, when he appears, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. Everyone who practices sin transgresses the Law; in fact, sin is the transgression of the Law. You know that he appeared to take away our sins, and in him there is no sin. Everyone who remains in him is not in sin. Everyone who is in sin has not seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous. The one who practices sin is of the Devil, because the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this the Son of God appeared: to destroy the works of the Devil. Everyone who is born of God does not practice sin, because the seed of God remains in him; he cannot be in sin, because he is born of God. In this way we know who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are: whoever does not practice righteousness is not from God, nor is whoever does not love his brother. This is the message you heard from the beginning: that we love one another. Let us not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were evil and his brother's were righteous. My brothers, do not be surprised if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love remains in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in himself. This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ gave his life for us, and we ought to give our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material possessions and, seeing his brother in need, does not have compassion on him, how can the love of God remain in him? Little children, let us not love with word or mouth, but in action and in truth. In this way we will know that we are of the truth; and we will set our heart at rest before him when our heart condemns us. Because God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him everything we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment: That we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and that we love one another, as he commanded us. Those who obey his commandments remain in him, and he in them. In this way we know that he remains in us: by the Spirit he gave us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. You can recognize the Spirit of God in this way: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, about which you heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They come from the world. Therefore what they say comes from the world, and the world listens to them. We come from God, and everyone who knows God listens to us; but whoever does not come from God does not listen to us. In this way we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Beloved, let us love one another, for love comes from God. The one who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God made his love manifest among us: he sent his only begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this consists love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, since God loved us so, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is made perfect in us. We know that we remain in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone publicly confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. So we know the love that God has for us and we trust in that love. God is love. Everyone who remains in love remains in God, and God in him. In this way love is made perfect among us, so that on the day of judgment we may have confidence, because in this world we are like him. In love there is no fear; on the contrary, perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. We love because he loved us first. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar, for whoever does not love his brother, whom he sees, cannot love God, whom he does not see. He gave us this commandment: Whoever loves God, let him also love his brother. Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one who has been begotten by him. In this way we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and obeying his commandments. Because in this consists the love of God: in obeying his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. Whoever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ: not only by water, but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. There are three who testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept the testimony of men, but the testimony of God is greater, for it is the testimony of God, which he has given concerning his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God makes him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony God has given concerning his Son. And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I have written these things to you, who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: if we ask anything according to the will of God, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have what we asked of him. If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, let him pray, and God will give life to the one who sinned. I am referring to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying that one should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. We know that everyone who is born of God is not in sin; the one who was born of God protects him, and the Evil One does not touch him. We know that we are of God and that the whole world is under the power of the Evil One. We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know the One who is True. And we are in the One who is True, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. [↗ Back to the top](#topo-cartas-joao) --- ## 2 John The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth,, and not only I love them, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever. Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, his Son, will be with us in truth and in love. When I met some of your children, I rejoiced greatly, for they are walking in the truth, according to the commandment we received from the Father. And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commandments. As you have heard from the beginning, the commandment is this: That you walk in love. In fact, many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the body. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. Be careful, so that you do not destroy the fruit of our labor, but rather be fully rewarded. Everyone who does not remain in the teaching of Christ, but goes beyond it, does not have God; whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or greet him. For whoever greets him becomes a participant in his wicked works. I have much to write to you, but it is not my purpose to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. The children of your chosen sister send you greetings. [↗ Back to the top](#topo-cartas-joao) --- ## 3 John The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Beloved, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is doing well. I rejoiced greatly when some brothers came and spoke about your faithfulness, about how you continue to walk in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you. They spoke to the church about this love of yours. You will do well if you send them on their journey in a manner pleasing to God, for it was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help at all from the Gentiles. It is, therefore, our duty to receive such brothers with hospitality, so that we may become fellow workers for the truth. I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves very much to be the most important among them, does not receive us. Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing with his wicked words against us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to receive the brothers, hinders those who want to receive them and expels them from the church. Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is from God; the one who does evil has not seen God. As for Demetrius, everyone speaks well of him, and the truth itself testifies in his favor. We also testify, and you know that our testimony is true. I have much to write to you, but I do not wish to do so with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and then we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. The friends here send you greetings. Greet the friends there, one by one. [↗ Back to the top](#topo-cartas-joao)