Remaining with God

24 What you have heard from the beginning is to remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son(A) and in the Father.(B) 25 And this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life.(C)

26 I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. 27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, his anointing teaches you about all things(D) and is true and is not a lie; just as it has taught you,[a] remain in him.(E)

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  1. 2:27 Or as he has taught you

24 What you have heard from the beginning must abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, you will also abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 The message that the Son[a] himself declared to us is eternal life. 26 I have written[b] to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 The anointing you received from God[c] abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you this.[d] Instead, because God’s[e] anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not a lie, abide in him, as he taught you to do.[f]

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  1. 1 John 2:25 Lit. that he
  2. 1 John 2:26 Lit. written these things
  3. 1 John 2:27 Lit. him
  4. 1 John 2:27 The Gk. lacks this
  5. 1 John 2:27 Lit. his
  6. 1 John 2:27 The Gk. lacks to do