1 John 2:23

1 John 2:23

21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

22 ^aWho is a liar but he who denies that ^bJesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ^aWhoever denies the Son does not have the ^bFather either; ^che who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Let Truth Abide in You

24 Therefore let that abide in you ^awhich you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, ^byou also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 ^aAnd this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

26 These things I have written to you concerning those who try to¹ deceive you.

27 But the ^aanointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and ^byou do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing ^cteaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you¹ will abide in Him.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Greek, "Every one who denieth the Son, hath not the Father either" (I John 4:2-3): "inasmuch as God hath given Himself to us wholly to be enjoyed in Christ" [CALVIN].

he—that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. These words ought not to be in italics, as though they were not in the original: for the oldest Greek manuscripts have them.

hath—namely, in his abiding possession as his "portion"; by living personal "fellowship."

acknowledgeth—by open confession of Christ.

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