1 John 2:26

1 John 2:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
• 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.
• 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

24As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is what he promised us—eternal life. I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. 28And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.

1 John 2:26 word by word

Ταῦτα ἔγραψα ὑμῖν περὶ τῶν πλανώντων ὑμᾶς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• have I writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012
• them that seduceπλανάωplanaō · to lead astrayG4105
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for 1 John 2:26

• 1 John 3:7Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
• Proverbs 12:26The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
• Ezekiel 13:10“ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash,
• Mark 13:22For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
• Acts 20:29I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• Colossians 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
• 1 Timothy 4:1The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
• 2 Timothy 3:13while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• 2 John 1:7I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person 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

Topics related to 1 John 2:26

• Minister, Christian
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Advocate
• Lie
• Stumble
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit
• Crime; Crimes
• Deceivableness; Deceive
• John, the Epistles of
• Seduce; Seducer

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