As for you (υμεις). Emphatic proleptic position before the relative ο and subject of ηκουσατε, a familiar idiom in Joh 8:45; 10:29…

Let that therefore abide in you. Adhere steadfastly to it; let the truth obtain a permanent lodgement in the soul. In view of its great im…

[8] THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DARKNESS (1 John 2:18–28).

[a] Signs by which they should know the forerunners of the las…

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. Who is a liar but he tha…

At this point John shifts his attention to his readers. They, in contrast to the antichrists, are exhorted to make certain that what they heard “fr…

Let that therefore abide in you. He adds an exhortation to the previous doctrine; and to give it more weight, he points out the fruit they…

Let that therefore abide in you
Meaning the word of God, (1 John 2:14); the Gospel of Christ, which ther…

The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God (John 15:3, 4). What value should we …