Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of 1 John
Chapter 2  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:18 JFB -> Commentary on 2:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:18 PNT -> Commentary on 2:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:18 TSK -> Commentary on 2:18 TSK -> Entry for 2:18 WEN -> Notes on 2:18 NTB -> Antichrist; Minister, Christian; Prophecy TTT -> Antichrist EBD -> Antichrist SBD -> Antichrist 2:18 - [In Context] My dear children, the end is near! You have heard that the Enemy of Christ F5 is coming. And now many enemies of Christ are already here. So we know that the end is near.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:19 JFB -> Commentary on 2:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:19 PNT -> Commentary on 2:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:19 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:19 TSK -> Commentary on 2:19 TSK -> Entry for 2:19 WEN -> Notes on 2:19 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Perseverance TTT -> Apostates 2:19 - [In Context] Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:20 JFB -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:20 PNT -> Commentary on 2:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:20 TSK -> Commentary on 2:20 TSK -> Entry for 2:20 WEN -> Notes on 2:20 NTB -> Anointing; God (continued); Holy Spirit; Symbols And Similitudes; Unction; Wisdom TTT -> Anointing of the Holy Spirit; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Trinity, The EBD -> Unction 2:20 - [In Context] You have the gift F6 that the Holy One (God or Christ) gave you. So you all know {the truth}.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:21 JFB -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:21 PNT -> Commentary on 2:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:21 TSK -> Commentary on 2:21 TSK -> Entry for 2:21 WEN -> Notes on 2:21 NTB -> Word Of God 2:21 - [In Context] Why do I write to you? Do I write because you don't know the truth? No! I write this letter because you do know the truth. And you know that no lie comes from the truth.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:22 JFB -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:22 PNT -> Commentary on 2:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:22 TSK -> Commentary on 2:22 TSK -> Entry for 2:22 WEN -> Notes on 2:22 NTB -> Antichrist; God; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Unbelief TTT -> Antichrist; Denial of Christ EBD -> Antichrist 2:22 - [In Context] So who is the liar? It is the person that says Jesus is not the Christ. F7 A person that says Jesus is not the Christ is the enemy of Christ. That person does not believe in the Father (God) or in his Son (Christ).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:23 JFB -> Commentary on 2:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:23 PNT -> Commentary on 2:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:23 TSK -> Commentary on 2:23 TSK -> Entry for 2:23 WEN -> Notes on 2:23 NTB -> God; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Unbelief TTT -> Confessing Christ; Denial of Christ 2:23 - [In Context] If a person does not believe in the Son, then he does not have the Father. But the person who accepts the Son has the Father, too.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:24 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:24 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:24 JFB -> Commentary on 2:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:24 PNT -> Commentary on 2:24 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:24 TSK -> Commentary on 2:24 TSK -> Entry for 2:24 WEN -> Notes on 2:24 NTB -> Decision; Fellowship; God; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous; Righteousness TTT -> Union With Christ 2:24 - [In Context] Be sure that you continue to follow the teaching that you heard from the beginning. If you continue in that teaching, then you will stay in the Son (Christ) and in the Father (God).
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:25 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:25 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:25 JFB -> Commentary on 2:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:25 PNT -> Commentary on 2:25 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:25 TSK -> Commentary on 2:25 TSK -> Entry for 2:25 WEN -> Notes on 2:25 NTB -> Immortality; Life; Righteous; Salvation TTT -> Life, Eternal; Promises of God, The 2:25 - [In Context] And this is what the Son promised to us--life forever.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:26 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:26 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:26 JFB -> Commentary on 2:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:26 PNT -> Commentary on 2:26 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:26 TSK -> Commentary on 2:26 TSK -> Entry for 2:26 WEN -> Notes on 2:26 NTB -> Minister, Christian 2:26 - [In Context] I am writing this letter about those people who are trying to lead you into the wrong way.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:27 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:27 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:27 JFB -> Commentary on 2:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:27 PNT -> Commentary on 2:27 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:27 TSK -> Commentary on 2:27 TSK -> Entry for 2:27 WEN -> Notes on 2:27 NTB -> Anointing; Character; Perseverance; Regeneration; Symbols And Similitudes; Unction; Wisdom TTT -> Anointing of the Holy Spirit; Anointing, Sacred; Character of Saints; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Indwelling of the Holy Spirit, The EBD -> Unction TV -> Devotional using 2:27 TV -> Devotional using 2:27 TV -> Devotional using 2:27 2:27 - [In Context] Christ gave you a special gift. F8 You still have this gift in you. So you don't need any person to teach you. The gift he gave you teaches you about everything. This gift is true. It is not false. So continue to live in Christ, like his gift taught you.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:28 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:28 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:28 JFB -> Commentary on 2:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:28 PNT -> Commentary on 2:28 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:28 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:28 TSK -> Commentary on 2:28 TSK -> Entry for 2:28 WEN -> Notes on 2:28 NTB -> Boldness; Commandments; Decision; Fellowship; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Righteous TTT -> Second Coming of Christ, The; Union With Christ 2:28 - [In Context] Yes, my dear children, live in him. If we do this, we can be without fear (have confidence) on the day when Christ comes back. We will not need to hide and be ashamed when he comes.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:29 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:29 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:29 JFB -> Commentary on 2:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:29 PNT -> Commentary on 2:29 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:29 TSK -> Commentary on 2:29 TSK -> Entry for 2:29 WEN -> Notes on 2:29 NTB -> Holiness; Jesus, The Christ; Regeneration; Righteousness TTT -> New Birth, The; Righteousness EBD -> Regeneration 2:29 - [In Context] You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God's children.
FOOTNOTES: F5: Christ   The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God. F6: gift   Literally, "anointing." This might mean the Holy Spirit. Or it might mean teaching or truth as in verse 24. F7: Christ   The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen one of God. F8: gift   Literally, "anointing." This might mean the Holy Spirit. Or it might mean teaching or truth as in verse 24.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.