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1st John 2:18–27 (CSB) Children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. By this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, …
Verse 27c: Remain in Him As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. There is only one …
Verse 27b: The Anointing is Real As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. “His anointing teaches …
Verse 27a: His Anointing Teaches You As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. The apostle John …
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Verse 26: Those Trying to Lead You Astray I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. The apostle John is doing battle with the word of God against the lies of Satan in order to stop the Devourer by reaffirming the true apostolic declaration about Christ. “Those …
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Verse 25: The Promise of God And this is what he promised us—eternal life. The beloved apostle John reminds Christians who are being “afflicted”, “perplexed”, “persecuted”, and “beaten” from every side of the precious promise of God: eternal life. John 19:28-30 (CSB) Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all …
Verse 24: What You’ve Heard From the Beginning As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. Twenty-four times John uses the verb to “let it remain” in this letter as he exhorts his beloved …
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Verse 23: Whoever Has the Son Has the Father No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Foreseeing the confusion and deceptions that his disciples would face, John speaks plainly to ensure that we understand that whoever denies the Son of God also denies the Father. …
Verse 22c: Such a Person is the Antichrist Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. John warns his beloved children that many antichrists have risen up from among their ranks in these last hours (2:18) and admonished them …
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Verse 22b: Who Denies the Christ? Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. “Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ”: this pronouncement reveals those in whom the spirit of the antichrist operates, specifically, in those who refuse the …
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