1 John 2:26

And these things I have written to you, on account of those who seduce you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

In Context

25And this is the promise, which he hath promised us, even life eternal.

27And ye also, if the unction which ye have received from him remaineth in you, need not that any one should teach you; but as that unction is from God, it teacheth you all things; and it is true, and no falsehood is in it. And as it hath taught you, remain ye in him.

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Cross References

Mark 13:22For false Messiahs will arise, and lying prophets; and they will give signs and wonders; and will deceive, if possible, even the elect.

2 Corinthians 11:13For they are false legates, crafty workers, and feign themselves to be legates of the Messiah.

Colossians 2:18And let no one wish, by abasing the mind, to bring you under bonds, that ye subject yourselves to the worship of angels; while he is prying into that which he hath not seen, and is vainly inflated in his fleshly mind,

2 Timothy 3:13But evil and seducing men will add to their wickedness, while they deceive and are deceived.

1 John 3:7My children, let no one deceive you: he that doeth righteousness, is righteous, as the Messiah also is righteous.

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 →

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