1 John 2:28

1 John 2:28

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.

The Children of God

28 And now, little children, abide in Him, that¹ when He appears, we may have ^aconfidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

29 ^aIf you know that He is righteous, you know that ^beveryone who practices righteousness is born of Him.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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little children—Greek, "little sons," as in I John 2:12; believers of every stage and age.

abide in him—Christ. John repeats his monition with a loving appellation, as a father addressing dear children.

when—literally, "if"; the uncertainty is not as to the fact, but the time.

appear—Greek, "be manifested."

we—both writer and readers.

ashamed before him—literally, "from Him"; shrink back from Him ashamed. Contrast "boldness in the day of judgment," I John 4:17; compare I John 3:21; I John 5:14. In the Apocalypse (written, therefore, BENGEL thinks, subsequently), Christ's coming is represented as put off to a greater distance.

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