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1 John 2:24–25

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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.
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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From verse 24

  1. John 14:23Rank 1 from verse 24
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    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  2. John 15:9–10Rank 2 from verse 24
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    9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  3. 1 John 4:13Rank 3 from verse 24
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    13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  4. 1 John 4:16Rank 4 from verse 24
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    16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

  5. 2 John 1:5–6Rank 5 from verse 24
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    5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

    6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

  6. 1 John 1:3Rank 6 from verse 24
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    3That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  7. 1 John 2:7Rank 7 from verse 24
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    7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

  8. John 15:7Rank 8 from verse 24
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    7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  9. Revelation 3:3Rank 9 from verse 24
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    3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

  10. Colossians 3:16Rank 10 from verse 24
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    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.

  11. John 17:21–24Rank 11 from verse 24
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

    22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

    24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  12. Psalms 119:11Rank 12 from verse 24
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    11Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

  13. Revelation 3:11Rank 13 from verse 24
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    11Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.

  14. 1 John 1:7Rank 14 from verse 24
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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  15. Hebrews 2:1Rank 15 from verse 24
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    1THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

  16. Hebrews 3:14Rank 16 from verse 24
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    14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

  17. Philippians 4:15Rank 17 from verse 24
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    15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.

  18. 2 John 1:2Rank 18 from verse 24
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    2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

  19. 3 John 1:3Rank 19 from verse 24
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    3For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

  20. Proverbs 23:23Rank 20 from verse 24
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    23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

  21. John 8:25Rank 21 from verse 24
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    25Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

  22. Luke 1:2Rank 22 from verse 24
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    2Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

  23. Luke 9:44Rank 23 from verse 24
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    44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

From verse 25

  1. John 10:28Rank 1 from verse 25
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    28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

  2. Titus 3:7Rank 2 from verse 25
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    7That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  3. Jude 1:21Rank 3 from verse 25
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    21Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

  4. John 17:2–3Rank 4 from verse 25
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    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

  5. Titus 1:2Rank 5 from verse 25
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    2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

  6. 1 Timothy 6:12Rank 6 from verse 25
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    12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

  7. 1 John 1:2Rank 7 from verse 25
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    2(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

  8. Romans 5:21Rank 8 from verse 25
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    21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

  9. Romans 2:7Rank 9 from verse 25
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    7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

  10. John 12:50Rank 10 from verse 25
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    50And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

  11. John 6:68Rank 11 from verse 25
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    68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

  12. 1 John 5:11–13Rank 12 from verse 25
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    11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

    13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

  13. 1 John 5:20Rank 13 from verse 25
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    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  14. John 6:47Rank 14 from verse 25
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    47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

  15. 1 Timothy 6:19Rank 15 from verse 25
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    19Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

  16. Daniel 12:2Rank 16 from verse 25
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    2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

  17. John 5:39Rank 17 from verse 25
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    39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

  18. John 6:27Rank 18 from verse 25
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  19. John 6:54Rank 19 from verse 25
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    54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

  20. Luke 18:30Rank 20 from verse 25
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    30Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

  21. 1 Timothy 1:16Rank 21 from verse 25
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    16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

  22. Galatians 6:8Rank 22 from verse 25
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    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

  23. Romans 6:23Rank 23 from verse 25
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    23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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1 John 2:24

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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abide

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1. To remain, stay, dwell, wait, or continue in a place, state, or relation. 2. To endure or withstand.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

remain

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Sense 1: To be left or still exist after others are gone, removed, consumed, or destroyed. Sense 2: To stay, abide, or continue in a place, state, condition, or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 John 2:25

COMBINED MEANING

promise

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Sense 1: An assurance or pledge that something will be done or given. Sense 2: That which is promised. Sense 3: To give such an assurance or pledge.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:12I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.

2:13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

2:15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

2:18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

2:21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

2:22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

2:24Let 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.

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2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

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2:26These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

2:28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

2:29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

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