1 John 2:20-29

20 But you have been ¹anointed by ²the Holy One, and ³you all have knowledge.^[a]

21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

22 Who is the liar but ⁴he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ⁵the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ⁶No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 Let ⁷what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ⁸you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise that he made to us^[b]--⁹eternal life.

26 I write these things to you about ¹⁰those who are trying to deceive you.

27 But ¹¹the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ¹²you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ¹³is true, and is no lie--just as it has taught you, abide in him.

Children of God

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that ¹⁴when he appears ¹⁵we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ¹⁶coming.

29 If you know that ¹⁷he is righteous, you may be sure that ¹⁸everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.