1 John 2:24

1 John 2:24 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

Context of 1 John 2:24

22Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well. What you have heard from the beginning is to remain in you. If what you have heard from the beginning remains in you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life. 26I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.

1 John 2:24 word by word

ὑμεῖς ὃ ἠκούσατε ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἐν ὑμῖν μενέτω. ἐὰν ἐν ὑμῖν μείνῃ ὃ ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἠκούσατε, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ μενεῖτε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• abideμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• ye have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• Ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• the Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for 1 John 2:24

• Psalms 119:11I have treasured your word in my heart so that I may not sin against you.
• Proverbs 23:23Buy — and do not sell — truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
• Luke 9:44“Let these words sink in: The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”
• John 15:7If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
• Hebrews 3:14For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.
• 2 John 1:2because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.
• 3 John 1:3For I was very glad when fellow believers came and testified to your fidelity to the truth — how you are walking in truth.
• Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come upon you.
• 1 John 2:7Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word you have heard.
• Luke 1:2just as the original eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us.
• John 8:25“Who are you?” they questioned. “Exactly what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them.
• Philippians 4:15And you Philippians know that in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone.
• 2 John 1:5So now I ask you, dear lady — not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
• 1 John 1:3what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on 1 John 2:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Let 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Let 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 1 John 2:7. Ye also shall continue in the Son, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-29Verses 24-29 The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God, Joh 15:3, 4. What value should we put upon gospel truth! Thereby the promise of eternal life is made sure. The promise God makes, is suitable to his own greatness, power, and goodness; it is eternal life. The Spirit of truth will not lie; and he teaches all things in the present dispensation, all things necessary to our knowledge of God in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25John urges the people he is writing to resist the lies of these antichrists and remain faithful to the truth that he and the other apostles taught. If they remain in this truth, they will stay in fellowship with the Son and with the Father and will have confidence that they possess eternal life (John 3:15, 36; 6:40, 47, 57; 17:2–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. 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. YE, therefore, acknowledge the Son, and so shall ye have the Father also (1Jo 2:23). from the beginning--from the time of your first hearing the Gospel. remain--Translate as before, "abide." ye also--in your turn, as distinguished from "that which ye have…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings