Warnings Against Denying the Son

¹⁸ Dear children, this is the last hour;^(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,^(B) even now many antichrists have come.^(C) This is how we know it is the last hour. ¹⁹ They went out from us,^(D) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.^(E)

²⁶ I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.^{(A) 27} As for you, the anointing^(B) 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^(C) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.^(D)