English Standard Version
1 John 2:26
26I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
1 John 2:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
- New International Version (NIV)I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray.
Context of 1 John 2:26
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. 25And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life. I 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. 28And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
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Ταῦτα ἔγραψα ὑμῖν περὶ τῶν πλανώντων ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 John 2:26
- 1 John 3:7Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
- Proverbs 12:26One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- Ezekiel 13:10Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash,
- Mark 13:22For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform signs and wonders, to lead astray, if possible, the elect.
- Acts 20:29I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
- Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
- 2 Timothy 3:13while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
- 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
Commentaries on 1 John 2:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26These 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. Them that seduce you - ̔· That is, the deceivers that were among them, and who were labouring to pervert the followers of Christ.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26These 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…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. These things--(1Jo 2:18-25). have I written--resumed from 1Jo 2:21 and 1Jo 2:14. seduce you--that is, are trying to seduce or lead you into error.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
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