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1 John 2:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray. "
1 John 2:26
Verse in Context
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24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
26 These things I have written to you concerning those who would lead you astray.
27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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1 John 2:1
"My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous."
1 John 2:2
"And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world."
1 John 2:3
"This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments."
1 John 2:4
"One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him."
1 John 2:5
"But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:"
1 John 2:6
"he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked."
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