²⁷ As for you, the anointing^(A) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things^(B) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.^(C)

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²⁸ And now, dear children,^(D) continue in him, so that when he appears^(E) we may be confident^(F) and unashamed before him at his coming.^(G)

²⁹ If you know that he is righteous,^(H) you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.^(I)