26 [a]These things have I written unto you, concerning them that deceive you.

27 But that [b]anointing which ye received of him, dwelleth in you: and ye [c]need not that any man teach you: but as the same [d]anointing teacheth you of all things, and it is true and is not lying, and as it taught you, ye shall abide in him.

28 [e]And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may be bold, and not be ashamed before him, at his coming.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:26 The same Spirit which endueth the elect with the knowledge of the truth, and sanctifieth them, giveth them therewithal the gift of perseverance, to continue to the end.
  2. 1 John 2:27 The Spirit which you have received of Christ, and which hath led you into all truth.
  3. 1 John 2:27 You are not ignorant of these things, and therefore I teach them not as things that were never heard of, but call them to your remembrance as things which you do know.
  4. 1 John 2:27 He commendeth both the doctrine which they had embraced, and also highly praiseth their faith and the diligence of such as taught them, yet so, that he taketh nothing from the honor due to the holy Ghost.
  5. 1 John 2:28 The conclusion both of the whole exhortation, and also of the former treatise.

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