1 John 2:26

Contextual Overview

²⁰But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. ²⁰ But ye haue an vnction from the holy One, and ye know all things. ²⁰ But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. ²⁰ But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. ²⁰ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. ²⁰ You have the gift that the Holy One gave you, so you all know the truth. ²⁰But you belong. The Holy One anointed you, and you all know it. I haven't been writing this to tell you something you don't know, but to confirm the truth you do know, and to remind you that the truth doesn't breed lies. ²⁰ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. ²⁰You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. ²⁰ Christ, the Holy One, has blessed you, and now all of you understand.

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concerning: 1 John 3:7, Proverbs 12:26, Ezekiel 13:10, Mark 13:22, Acts 20:29, Acts 20:30, 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:18, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Timothy 3:13, 2 Peter 2:1-3, 2 John 1:7

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:6 - entice Matthew 24:11 - General Galatians 1:7 - pervert Ephesians 4:14 - tossed Colossians 2:4 - lest 1 John 5:13 - have I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These [things] have I written unto you,.... The little children, who were most likely to be imposed upon by antichrists and deceivers:

concerning them that seduce you. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions render it, "for them that seduce you"; not that they were actually seduced and carried away with the error of the wicked; for though God's elect may be staggered and waver, and be tossed to and fro by false teachers, and their doctrines, yet they cannot be totally and finally deceived: but the sense is, these men endeavoured to seduce them: they lay in wait to deceive, and attempted to deceive them, by walking in craftiness, and handling the word of God deceitfully; and therefore that they might be known, and so shunned and avoided, the apostle points them out, and shows who they are; that they are such who deny that Jesus is the Christ, and do not own neither the Father nor the Son; in doing which he acted the part of a tender Father, a faithful shepherd, and a careful monitor.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you - Respecting their character, and in order to guard you against their arts. The word “seduce” means to lead astray; and it here refers to those who would seduce them “from the truth,” or lead them into dangerous error. The apostle does not mean that they had actually seduced them, for he states in the following verse that they were yet safe; but he refers to the fact that there was danger that they might be led into error.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. These things have I written — Either meaning the whole epistle, or what is contained in the preceding verses, from the beginning of the 18th to the end of the 25th. 1 John 2:18-25

Them that seduce you. — Περι των πλανωντων ὑμας· That is, the deceivers that were among them, and who were labouring to pervert the followers of Christ.