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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life he promised us.

Context of 1 John 2:25

23No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24Let 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. And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life. 26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide 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 1:2the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—
• 1 John 5:11And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
• Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Luke 18:30who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life."
• John 5:39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
• John 6:27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."
• John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
• John 12:50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."
• John 17:2since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
• Romans 2:7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
• Romans 5:21so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Galatians 6:8For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
• 1 Timothy 1:16But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.
• 1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• Jude 1:21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to 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
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In the dictionaries

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