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.

¹³ And ^(A)we also thank God constantly^[a] for this, that when you received ^(B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^(C)not as the word of men^[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, ^(D)which is at work in you believers.

^19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^(B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, ^(C)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

^40 (A)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. ^(B)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.

²⁰ But that is not the way you ^(A)learned Christ!— ²¹ assuming that ^(B)you have heard about him and ^(C)were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, ²² to ^(D)put off ^(E)your old self,^[a] which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through ^(F)deceitful desires, ²³ and ^(G)to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, ²⁴ and to put on ^(H)the new self, ^(I)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.