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Whoever transgresses and doesn`t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn`t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
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The Danger of False Progress
Commentators highlight that the phrase “goeth onward” was likely a claim made by false teachers who saw themselves as enlightened or progressive. John reframes this “progress” as a dangerous departure from foundational truth. Scholars note that true spiritual growth is about going deeper into the teaching of Christ, not moving beyond it.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whosoever transgresses, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. In the doctrine which Christ taught, or the true doctrine r…
Whosoever goeth onward (πας ο προαγων). "Every one who goes ahead. Προαγω literally means to go on before (). That in itself is of…
19th Century
Anglican
St. John had recently had the opportunity of observing how some of the matron’s children proved their adherence to the truth by their daily conduct…
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John’s second possibility is a more radical departure from the faith: “Anyone who goes too far” (better than NIV’s “Anyone who runs ahead”). The si…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whosoever transgresses Not the law of God, of which everyone is a transgressor and that daily, in thought, word, or …
The deceiver and his deceit are described: he brings some error concerning the person or office of the Lord Jesus. Such a one is a deceiver and an …
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