Book of Common Prayer

Children, Antichrists Have Arisen

¹⁸ Children, it is the last^[a] hour. And just as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen— from which we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of ^[b] us. For if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But they went out in order that they might be made-evident that^[c] they all are not of us.

You Have God’s Anointing And You Know The Truth. Let It Abide In You And You In It

²⁰ And you have an Anointing^[d] from the Holy One, and you all have-knowledge^[e]. ²¹ I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that^[f] every lie is not from^[g] the truth. ²² Who is the liar if not the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist, the one denying the Father and the Son. ²³ Everyone denying the Son does also-not have the Father. The one confessing^[h] the Son also has the Father. ²⁴ Let what you heard from the beginning be abiding in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is the promise which He Himself promised to us: eternal life. ²⁶ I wrote these things to you concerning the ones deceiving you. ²⁷ And the Anointing which you received from Him is abiding in you. And you have no need that anyone should be teaching^[i] you; but as His Anointing is teaching you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it^[j] taught you, be abiding^[k] in it^[l].

Abide In Christ So That If He Appears You May Have Confidence And Not Shame

²⁸ And now little-children, be abiding^[m] in Him so that if He appears, we may have confidence and not be put-to-shame^[n] by Him at His coming.

Abiding Means Doing Righteousness, Which Characterizes All Those Born From God

²⁹ If you know^[o] that He^[p] is righteous, you know that everyone also doing righteousness has been born^[q] from Him.

Jesus Multiplies Five Loaves And Two Fish To Feed 5000 Men

³⁰ And the apostles are gathered-together with Jesus. And they reported to Him all that they did and that they taught. ³¹ And He says to them, “Come, you yourselves privately, to a desolate^[a] place, and rest a little”. For the ones coming and the ones going were many, and they were not even finding-an-opportunity^[b] to eat. ³² And they went away privately in the boat to a desolate place. ³³ And they^[c] saw them going, and many knew^[d] where. And they ran there together on foot from all the cities. And they came-ahead-of ^[e] them. ³⁴ And having gone^[f] out, He saw a large crowd and felt-deep-feelings [of compassion] toward them because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things. ³⁵ And already having become a late hour, having come to Him, His disciples were saying that “This place is desolate, and it is already a late hour. ³⁶ Send them away in order that having gone away into the surrounding farms and villages, they may buy themselves what they may eat”. ³⁷ But the One, having responded, said to them, “You give them something to eat”. And they say to Him, “Should we, having gone away, buy loaves worth two-hundred denarii^[g] and give them something to eat?” ³⁸ And the One says to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go, see!” And having come-to-know, they say “Five, and two fish”. ³⁹ And He commanded them to make everyone lie-back party by party on the green^[h] grass. ⁴⁰ And they fell-back grouping by grouping, by hundreds and by fifties. ⁴¹ And having taken the five loaves and the two fish, having looked up to heaven, He blessed them^[i], and broke the loaves in pieces, and was giving them to His disciples in order that they might be setting it before them. And He divided the two fish to everyone. ⁴² And they all ate and were filled-to-satisfaction. ⁴³ And they picked up fragments— the fillings of twelve baskets, and from the fish. ⁴⁴ And the ones having eaten the loaves were five-thousand men^[j].