1 John 2 · Verse 24

1 John 2:24

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.
1 John 2:24, King James Version

1 John 2:24 in other translations

BSBAs for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
WEBTherefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
ASVAs for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.
YLTYe, then, that which ye heard from the beginning, in you let it remain; if in you may remain that which from the beginning ye did hear, ye also in the Son and in the Father shall remain,
DARBYAs for you let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.
BBEBut as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.
WebsterLet 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.

What does 1 John 2:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. 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 heard," the seed abiding in you. Compare 1Jo 2:27, "the anointing abideth in you ... ye shall abide in Him." Having taken into us the living seed of the truth concerning the Father and the Son, we become transformed into the likeness of Him whose seed we have taken into us.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 24. Let 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. 1Jn 2:7.

Ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. Truly united to the Son and to the Father; or having evidence of the favour and friendship of the Son and the Father.

(c) "Let" 2Jn 1:6 (*) "remain" "abide" (*) "continue" "abide"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Let 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, thus continuing, shall have fellowship with the Father and with the Son.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 John 2:24-29
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 Christ, and their glory in the gospel. The apostle repeats the kind words, "little children;" which denotes his affection. He would persuade by love. Gospel privileges oblige to gospel duties; and those anointed by the Lord Jesus abide with him. The new spiritual nature is from the Lord Christ. He that is constant to the practice of religion in trying times, shows that he is born from above, from the Lord Christ. Then, let us beware of holding the truth in unrighteousness, remembering that those only are born of God, who bear his holy image, and walk in his most righteous ways.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 John 2:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771
οὐνounthereforeG3767
ὃhowhatG3739
ἠκούσατεēkousateyou have heardG191
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575
ἀρχῆςarchēs[the] beginningG746
ἐνeninG1722
ὑμῖνhuminyouG4771
μενέτω.menetōshould abide.G3306
ἐὰνeanIfG1437
ἐνeninG1722
ὑμῖνhuminyouG4771
μείνῃmeinēshall abideG3306
ὃhowhatG3739
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575
ἀρχῆςarchēs[the] beginningG746
ἠκούσατε,ēkousateyou have heard,G191
καὶkaialsoG2532
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
υἱῷhuiōSonG5207
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
πατρὶpatriFatherG3962
μενεῖτε.meneitewill abide.G3306

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 John 2:24

  • John 14:23

    Jesus 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.

  • John 15:9-10

    As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  • 1 John 4:13

    Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:16

    And 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.

  • 2 John 1:5-6

    And 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. And 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.

  • 1 John 2:7

    Brethren, 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.

  • John 17:21-24

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

  • 1 John 1:3

    That 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.

  • Revelation 3:3

    Remember 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.

  • Colossians 3:16

    Let 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.

  • John 15:7

    If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  • Psalms 119:11

    Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
abide.
Ps 119:11; Pr 23:23; Lu 9:44; Joh 15:7; Col 3:16; Heb 2:1; 3:14
2Jo 1:2; 3Jo 1:3; Re 3:3,11
which.
7; Lu 1:2; Joh 8:25; Php 4:15; 2Jo 1:5,6
ye also.
1:3,7; 4:13,16; Joh 14:23; 15:9,10; 17:21-24

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Context

  • 1 John 2:23

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

  • 1 John 2:24

    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.

  • 1 John 2:25

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

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1 John 2:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pues lo que habéis oído desde el principio, sea permaneciente en vosotros. Si lo que habéis oído desde el principio fuere permaneciente en vosotros, también vosotros permaneceréis en el Hijo y en el Padre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pour vous, que ce que vous avez entendu dès le commencement demeure en vous: si ce que vous avez entendu dès le commencement demeure en vous, vous aussi vous demeurerez dans le Fils et dans le Père.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihr, was ihr von Anfang gehört habt, bleibe in euch. Wenn in euch bleibt, was ihr von Anfang gehört habt, so werdet auch ihr in dem Sohne und in dem Vater bleiben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vos quod audistis ab initio, in vobis permaneat: si in vobis permanserit quod audistis ab initio, et vos in Filio et Patre manebitis.