1 John 2:20-27

New International Version

²⁰ But you have an anointing^(A) from the Holy One,^(B) and all of you know the truth.^{[a](C) 21} I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it^(D) and because no lie comes from the truth. ²² Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.^{(E) 23} No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.^(F)

²⁴ As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning^(G) remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.^{(H) 25} And this is what he promised us—eternal life.^(I)

²⁶ I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.^{(J) 27} As for you, the anointing^(K) 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^(L) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.^(M)