1 John 2:21-29

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 ¹he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ²the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ³No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 Let ⁴what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ⁵you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise that he made to us^[a]--⁶eternal life.

26 I write these things to you about ⁷those who are trying to deceive you.

27 But ⁸the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ⁹you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ¹⁰is 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 ¹¹when he appears ¹²we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ¹³coming.

29 If you know that ¹⁴he is righteous, you may be sure that ¹⁵everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

Cross References

• 1. 1 John 4:3; 2 John 7
• 2. [See ver. 18 above]
• 3. 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:1; 2 John 9
• 4. 1 John 3:11; 2 John 6
• 5. [John 14:23]; See 1 John 1:3
• 6. John 17:2
• 7. 1 John 3:7; 2 John 7
• 8. ver. 20
• 9. Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 8:11
• 10. John 14:17
• 11. 1 John 3:2; [Colossians 3:4]
• 12. 1 John 3:21; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:14
• 13. See 1 Thessalonians 2:19
• 14. 1 John 3:7
• 15. 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts you