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24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father. 25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life. 26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray. 27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.

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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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Footnotes

  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