1 John 2:23-29

23 ¹Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard ²from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also ³will abide in the Son and in the Father.

The Promise Is Eternal Life

25 ⁴This is the promise which He Himself ^[a]made to us: eternal life.

26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to ⁵deceive you.

27 As for you, the ⁶anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing ⁷teaches you about all things, and is ⁸true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, ^[b]you abide in Him.

28 Now, ⁹little children, abide in Him, so that when He ¹⁰appears, we may have ¹¹confidence and ¹²not ^[c]shrink away from Him in shame ^[d]at His ¹³coming.

29 If you know that ¹⁴He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness ¹⁵is ^[e]born of Him.

Cross References

• 1. John 8:19; John 16:3; John 17:3; 1 John 4:15; 1 John 5:1; 2 John 9
• 2. 1 John 2:7
• 3. John 14:23; 1 John 1:3; 2 John 9
• 4. John 3:15; John 6:40; 1 John 1:2
• 5. 1 John 3:7; 2 John 7
• 6. John 14:16; 1 John 2:20
• 7. John 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:9
• 8. John 14:17
• 9. 1 John 2:1
• 10. Luke 17:30; Colossians 3:4; 1 John 3:2
• 11. Ephesians 3:12; 1 John 3:21; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:14
• 12. Mark 8:38
• 13. 1 Thessalonians 2:19
• 14. John 7:18; 1 John 3:7
• 15. John 1:13; John 3:3; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1, 4, 18; 3 John 11

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "promised us"
• [b]. Or "abide in Him;" Gr command
• [c]. Lit "be put to shame from Him"
• [d]. Or "in His presence"
• [e]. Or "begotten"