²⁰ But you have been ^(A)anointed by ^(B)the Holy One, and ^(C)you all have knowledge.^[a]

²⁴ Let ^(A)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(B)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.

²⁷ But ^(A)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ^(B)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ^(C)is 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 ^(D)when he appears ^(E)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his ^(F)coming.

⁶ No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; ^(A)no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him.

¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, ^(A)nor is the one who ^(B)does not love his brother.

^24 (A)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,^[a] and God^[b] in him. And ^(B)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.