1 John 2:18-27

18Children, it’s the end of time. You’ve heard that an antichrist is coming. Certainly, many antichrists are already here. That’s how we know it’s the end of time.

19They left us. However, they were never really part of us. If they had been, they would have stayed with us. But by leaving they made it clear that none of them were part of us.

20The Holy One has anointed you, so all of you have knowledge.

21I’m writing to you because you know the truth, not because you don’t know the truth. You know that no lie ever comes from the truth.

22Who is a liar? Who else but the person who rejects Jesus as the Messiah? The person who rejects the Father and the Son is an antichrist.

23Everyone who rejects the Son doesn’t have the Father either. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.

24Make sure that the message you heard from the beginning lives in you. If that message lives in you, you will also live in the Son and in the Father.

25Christ has given us the promise of eternal life.

26I’m writing to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

27The anointing you received from Christ lives in you. You don’t need anyone to teach you something else. Instead, Christ’s anointing teaches you about everything. His anointing is true and contains no lie. So live in Christ as he taught you to do.