1 John 2:24-28

24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard ¹from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also ²will abide in the Son and in the Father.

The Promise Is Eternal Life

25 ³This 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 ⁴deceive you.

27 As for you, the ⁵anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing ⁶teaches you about all things, and is ⁷true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, ^[b]you abide in Him.

28 Now, ⁸little children, abide in Him, so that when He ⁹appears, we may have ¹⁰confidence and ¹¹not ^[c]shrink away from Him in shame ^[d]at His ¹²coming.

Cross References

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

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"