1 John 2:28
Yes, my children, remain in him, so that when he appears our confidence doesn’t fail us, and we are not ashamed to meet him at his coming.
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In Context
29Since you know he is righteous, you realise that everyone who does what is right is his child.
Cross References
Malachi 4:5I am about to send to you Elijah the prophet, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Romans 9:33As scripture says – “See, I place a stumbling-block in Zion – a rock which will prove a hindrance; and he who believes in him will have no cause for shame.”
1 Corinthians 15:23But each in their proper order – Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his coming, those who belong to the Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:19For what hope or joy will be ours, or what crown will we have to boast of, in the presence of our Lord Jesus, at his coming, if it isn’t you?
1 Thessalonians 5:23May God himself, the giver of peace, make you altogether holy; and may your spirits, souls, and bodies be kept altogether faultless until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:21-28
Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard… Read the whole commentary →