1 John 2:24

1 John 2:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
• New International Version (NIV)As 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.

Context of 1 John 2:24

22Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life. 26These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.

1 John 2:24 word by word

ὑμεῖς ὃ ἠκούσατε ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἐν ὑμῖν μενέτω. ἐὰν ἐν ὑμῖν μείνῃ ὃ ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς ἠκούσατε, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ μενεῖτε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• abideμένωmenō · to stayG3306
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• youσύsu · youG4771
• ye have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• Ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• the Sonὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for 1 John 2:24

• Psalms 119:11Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.
• Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• Luke 9:44“Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”
• John 15:7If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Hebrews 2:1Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
• Hebrews 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,
• 2 John 1:2because of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever:
• 3 John 1:3For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, just as you walk in the truth.
• Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.
• 1 John 2:7Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.
• Luke 1:2just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us,
• John 8:25Then they said to Him, “Who are You?” And Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
• Philippians 4:15Now you Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning giving and receiving but you only.
• 2 John 1:5And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.
• 1 John 1:3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on 1 John 2:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Let that therefore abide in you - Continue in the doctrines concerning the incarnation, passion, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession of the Lord Jesus, which you have heard preached from the beginning by us his apostles. Ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father - Ye who are preachers shall not only be acknowledged as ministers of the Church of Christ, but be genuine children of God, by faith in the Son of his love; and ye all…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Let that therefore abide in you - Adhere steadfastly to it; let the truth obtain a permanent lodgement in the soul. In view of its great importance, and its influence on your happiness here and hereafter, let it never depart from you. Which ye have heard from the beginning - That is, the same doctrines which you have always been taught respecting the Son of God and the way of salvation. See the notes at 1 John 2:7. Ye also shall continue in the Son, and…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. 2424. Let that--truth respecting the Father and the Son, regarded as a seed not merely dropped in, but having taken root (1Jo 3:9). ye--in the Greek standing emphatically at the beginning of the sentence. YE, therefore, acknowledge the Son, and so shall ye have the Father also (1Jo 2:23). from the beginning--from the time of your first hearing the Gospel. remain--Translate as before, "abide." ye also--in your turn, as distinguished from "that which ye have…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