1 John 2:25

1 John 2:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
• New International Version (NIV)And this is what he promised us—eternal life.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

Context of 1 John 2:25

23No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well. 24What 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. And 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. 27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie; just as it has taught you, remain in him.

1 John 2:25 word by word

καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐπαγγελία ἣν αὐτὸς ἐπηγγείλατο ἡμῖν, τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the promiseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• heαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• hath promisedἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• eternalαἰώνιοςaiōnios · eternalG166
• lifeζωήzōē · lifeG2222

Cross-references for 1 John 2:25

• 1 John 1:2that life was revealed, and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us —
• 1 John 5:11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• Daniel 12:2Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
• Luke 18:30who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”
• John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.
• John 6:27Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.”
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
• John 12:50I know that his command is eternal life. So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.”
• John 17:2since you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
• Romans 2:7eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;
• Romans 5:21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Galatians 6:8because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
• 1 Timothy 1:16But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.
• 1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

Commentaries on 1 John 2:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25This is the promise - God has promised eternal life to all who believe on Christ Jesus. So they who receive his doctrine, and continue in communion with the Father and the Son, shall have this eternal life.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life - This is evidently added to encourage them in adhering to the truths which they had embraced respecting the Son of God. In maintaining these truths they had the promise of eternal life; in departing from them they had none, for the “promise” of heaven in our world is made only to those who embrace one class of doctrines or opinions. No one can show that any “promise” of heaven is made to…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. 2525. this is the promise--Eternal life shall be the permanent consummation of thus abiding in the Son and in the Father (1Jo 2:24). he--Greek, "Himself," Christ, "the Son" (compare 1Jo 1:1). promised--(Joh 3:15, 36; 6:40, 47, 57; 17:2, 3).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 2:25

• Immortality
• Life
• Righteous
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Eternal life
• Acknowledge
• Advocate
• Lie
• Stumble
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit
• John, the Epistles of

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