God’s Word Translation
1 John 2:26
26I’m writing 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.
Context of 1 John 2:26
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. I’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. 28Now, dear children, live in Christ. Then, when he appears we will have confidence, and when he comes we won’t turn from him in shame.
Read all of 1 John 21 John 2:26 word by word
Ταῦτα ἔγραψα ὑμῖν περὶ τῶν πλανώντων ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 John 2:26
- 1 John 3:7Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you. Whoever does what God approves of has God’s approval as Christ has God’s approval.
- Proverbs 12:26A righteous person looks out for his neighbor, but the path of wicked people leads others astray.
- Ezekiel 13:10“ ‘They have deceived my people by saying that everything is alright, but it’s not alright. When someone builds a flimsy wall, the prophets cover it up with paint.
- Mark 13:22False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will work miraculous signs and do wonderful things to deceive, if possible, those whom God has chosen.
- Acts 20:29I know that fierce wolves will come to you after I leave, and they won’t spare the flock.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13People who brag like this are false apostles. They are dishonest workers, since they disguise themselves as Christ’s apostles.
- Colossians 2:8Be careful not to let anyone rob you ⌞of this faith⌟ through a shallow and misleading philosophy. Such a person follows human traditions and the world’s way of doing things rather than following Christ.
- 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit says clearly that in later times some believers will desert the Christian faith. They will follow spirits that deceive, and they will believe the teachings of demons.
- 2 Timothy 3:13But evil people and phony preachers will go from bad to worse as they mislead people and are themselves misled.
- 2 Peter 2:1False prophets were among God’s people ⌞in the past⌟, as false teachers will be among you. They will secretly bring in their own destructive teachings. They will deny the Lord, who has bought them, and they will bring themselves swift destruction.
- 2 John 1:7Many people who deceive others have gone into the world. They refuse to declare that Jesus Christ came in flesh and blood. This is the mark of a deceiver and an 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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