Dem Call Us Pikin of our Papa
Our Papa dey call dem im pikin now, even though wetin dem go become never show yet. Cain na di warning: hatred don already be murder. Love na Christ wey lay down im life, and hand wey open to brother wey dey in need. When heart dey condemn us, our Papa big pass.
3 1See wetin kind love our Papa don give us, sey dem go call us pikin of our Papa! And na so we be. Di world no sabi us because e no sabi am. a a v1 Our Papa love no be something wey dey far — e dey make us im pikin, and na so we truly be. 2My beloved, we be pikin of our Papa now; wetin we go come be, dem never show am yet. But we sabi sey wen e go show face, we go be like am, because we go see am as e really be. 3And everybody wey get dis hope for am dey make imsef clean, just as e clean.
4Everybody wey dey continue to dey sin dey break di law too; sin na to break di law. 5Una sabi sey e show face to carry our sins comot, and no sin dey inside am. 6Anybody wey dey stay inside am no dey continue to dey sin; anybody wey dey continue to dey sin never see am or sabi am.
7My small pikin dem, make nobody deceive una. Anybody wey dey do di correct-and-holy way na correct-and-holy person, just as e dey correct-and-holy. 8Anybody wey dey continue to dey sin na for di devil e be, because di devil don dey sin from di beginning. Di reason wey di Pikin of our Papa take show face na to destroy di work of di devil. 9Nobody wey our Papa born dey continue to dey sin, because im seed dey stay inside am; and e no fit continue to dey sin, because na our Papa born am. 10Na dis one dey show who be pikin of our Papa, and who be pikin of di devil: anybody wey no dey do wetin correct no come from our Papa, and anybody wey no love im brother or sister sef no come from am.
Make We Love Each Other Like Family
11Because na dis be di message wey una don hear from di beginning: sey make we love each other. 12No be like Cain, wey belong to di evil one and kill im brother. Wetin make e kill am? Because im own work dey evil, but im brother own dey correct-and-holy. 13My brothers and sisters, make e no surprise una if di world hate una. 14We sabi sey we don pass from death enter life, because we love each other. Anybody wey no love dey remain inside death. 15Everybody wey hate im brother or sister na person wey dey kill, and una sabi sey no person wey dey kill get life wey no dey end dey remain inside am.
16Na so we take sabi love: Christ lay im life down for us; we too suppose lay our life down for each other. 17But if any person get di world things and see im brother or sister wey dey need am, yet e lock im heart against dem, how our Papa love go take remain inside am?
18My small pikin dem, make we no love with mouth or with talk only, but with wetin we do and for truth. 19Na dis one go make us sabi sey we come from di truth, and go make our heart rest for im front, 20wenever our heart dey condemn us; because our Papa big pass our heart, and e sabi everything. 21My beloved, if our heart no dey condemn us, we get bold face for our Papa front; 22and wetin we ask, we dey collect am from am, because we dey keep im commands and dey do wetin dey make am happy. 23Na dis be im command: sey make we believe for di name of im Pikin Jesus Christ, and make we love each other just as e command us. 24Anybody wey dey keep im commands dey remain inside our Papa, and our Papa dey inside dem. Na so we take sabi sey e dey remain inside us: na through the Holy Spirit wey e give us.
