1 John 2:24
in 1 John 2As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.
KJV
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
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This verse in 1 John 2
Commentary
12 notes on this verseLet that therefore abide in you - Continue in the doctrines concerning the incarnation, passion, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession of the Lord Jesus, which you have heard preached from the beginning by us his apostles. Ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father - Ye who are preachers shall not only be acknowledged as ministers of the Church of Christ, but be genuine children of God, by faith in the Son of his love; and ye all, thus continuing, shall have fellowship with the Father and with the Son.
This site's exposition
let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you
on 1 John 2:24-25
John returns to abiding: let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. The apostolic teaching guards against the new teaching of those who left. The condition is an appeal, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father, and the promise is eternal life.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Therefore, let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father." Therefore, John says this: but you, let what you have heard from the …
"Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that He hath promised us." For haply thou mightest ask about the wages, and say, Behold, "that which I have heard from the beginning I keep safe in me, I comply therewith; perils, labors, temptations, for the sake of this continuance, I bear up against them all: with what fruit? what wages? what will He hereafter give me, since in this world I see that I labor among temptations? I see not here that there is any rest: mere mortality weigheth down the soul, and the corruptible body presseth it down to lower things: but I bear all things, that "that which I have heard from the beginning" may "remain" in me; and that I may say to my God, "Because of the words of Thy lips have I kept hard ways." Unto what wages then? Hear, and faint not. If thou wast fainting in the labors, upon the promised wages be strong. Where is the man that shall work in a vineyard, and shall let slip out of his heart the reward he is to receive? Suppose him to have forgotten, his hands fail. The remembrance of the promised wages makes him persevering in the work: and yet he that promised it is a man who can deceive thine expectation. How much more strong oughtest thou to be in God's field, when He that promised is the Truth, Who can neither have any successor, nor die, nor deceive him to whom the promise was made!
The Medieval Church3 voices
Rejecting ungodliness, John goes on to teach the doctrine of godliness and to encourage his listeners to accept it, saying that by it they will have fellowship with both the Father and the Son, as well as the promise of eternal life.
So that after the apostle had said the foregoing, no one would think that he ascribes the knowledge of this to himself alone and therefore boasts of it before the other believers, he fittingly adds: "and you have an anointing." He speaks as if to …
That which you have heard from the beginning, let it remain in you, etc. He says, follow with all your heart that faith, those doctrines which you have received from the voice of the apostles from the earliest times of the nascent Church. For these …
5 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The truth concerning Christ, that was at first delivered to the saints, is not to be exchanged for novelties. So sure were the apostles of the truth of what they had delivered concerning Christ, and from him, that after all their toils and sufferings they were not willing to relinquish it. The Christian truth may plead antiquity, and be recommended thereby.
It is the truth of Christ abiding in us that is the means of severing us from sin and uniting us to the Son of God, John xv. The Son is the medium or the Mediator by whom we are united to the Father. What value then should we put upon gospel truth!
Let that therefore abide in you,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Let that--truth respecting the Father and the Son, regarded as a seed not merely dropped in, but having taken root (1Jo 3:9). ye--in the Greek standing emphatically at the beginning of the sentence.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
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 importance, and its influence on your happiness here and hereafter, let it never depart from you. Which ye have heard from the beginning - That is, the same doctrines which you have always been taught respecting the Son of God and the way of salvation. See the notes at 1Jn 2:7. Ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father - Truly united to the Son and to the Father; or having evidence of the favor and friendship of the Son and the Father.
The words behind it
26 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | You yourselves | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ὃ | ho | what | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ἠκούσατε | ekousate | you have heard | G191 → | 425 times |
| ἀπ᾽ | ap᾽ | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| ἀρχῆς | arches | [the] beginning | G746 → | 55 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ὑμῖν | humin | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| μενέτω. | meneto | should abide. | G3306 → | 118 times |
| ἐὰν | ean | If | G1437 → | 352 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ὑμῖν | humin | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| μείνῃ | meine | shall abide | G3306 → | 118 times |
| ὃ | ho | what | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ἀπ᾽ | ap᾽ | from | G575 → | 640 times |
| ἀρχῆς | arches | [the] beginning | G746 → | 55 times |
| ἠκούσατε, | ekousate | you have heard, | G191 → | 425 times |
| καὶ | kai | also | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | you yourselves | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῷ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| υἱῷ | huio | Son | G5207 → | 377 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τῷ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πατρὶ | patri | Father | G3962 → | 410 times |
| μενεῖτε. | meneite | will abide. | G3306 → | 118 times |
ὑμεῖςYou yourselves
humeisG4771 →2973 times
ὃwhat
hoG3739 →1405 times
ἠκούσατεyou have heard
ekousateG191 →425 times
ἀπ᾽from
ap᾽G575 →640 times
ἀρχῆς[the] beginning
archesG746 →55 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ὑμῖνyou
huminG4771 →2973 times
μενέτω.should abide.
menetoG3306 →118 times
ἐὰνIf
eanG1437 →352 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
ὑμῖνyou
huminG4771 →2973 times
μείνῃshall abide
meineG3306 →118 times
ὃwhat
hoG3739 →1405 times
ἀπ᾽from
ap᾽G575 →640 times
ἀρχῆς[the] beginning
archesG746 →55 times
ἠκούσατε,you have heard,
ekousateG191 →425 times
καὶalso
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ὑμεῖςyou yourselves
humeisG4771 →2973 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῷthe
toG3588 →19766 times
υἱῷSon
huioG5207 →377 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τῷthe
toG3588 →19766 times
πατρὶFather
patriG3962 →410 times
μενεῖτε.will abide.
meneiteG3306 →118 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
it leads to
- John 14:21
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- Revelation 3:20–21
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- 1 John 4:15–16
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- 1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- John 14:21
Through
1 John 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
it leads to
- 1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 36:7–9
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
- 1 John 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…
- 1 John 3:24
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About 1 John
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, CATENA; Augustine of Hippo, Ten Homilies on 1 John 3; Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on 1 John and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 John.