1 John 2 · Verse 27

1 John 2:27

But 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.
1 John 2:27, King James Version

1 John 2:27 in other translations

BSBAnd as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
WEBAs for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
ASVAnd as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
YLTand you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.
DARBYand yourselves, the unction which ye have received from him abides in you, and ye have not need that any one should teach you; but as the same unction teaches you as to all things, and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him.
BBEAs for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
WebsterBut the anointing which ye have received from him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man should teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

What does 1 John 2:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. But--Greek, "And you (contrasting the believing readers with the seducers; the words 'and you' stand prominent, the construction of the sentence following being altered, and no verb agreeing with 'and you' until 'need not') ... the anointing," &c. (resumed from 1Jo 2:20). received of him--(Joh 1:16). So we "are unto God a sweet savor of Christ." abideth in you--He tacitly thus admonishes them to say, when tempted by seducers, "The anointing abideth in us; we do not need a teacher [for we have the Holy Spirit as our teacher, Jr 31:34; Joh 6:45; 16:13]; it teaches us the truth; in that teaching we will abide" [Bengel]. and--and therefore. God is sufficient for them who are taught of Him; they are independent of all others, though, of course, not declining the Christian counsel of faithful ministers. "Mutual communication is not set aside, but approved of, in the case of those who are partakers of the anointing in one body" [Bengel]. the same anointing--which ye once for all received, and which now still abides in you. of--"concerning." all things--essential to salvation; the point under discussion. Not that the believer is made infallible, for no believer here receives the Spirit in all its fulness, but only the measure needful for keeping him from soul-destroying error. So the Church, though having the Spirit in her, is not infallible (for many fallible members can never make an infallible whole), but is kept from ever wholly losing the saving truth. no lie--as Antichristian teaching. ye shall abide in him--(1Jo 2:24, end); even as "the anointing abideth in you." The oldest manuscripts read the imperative, "abide in Him."

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him. 1Jn 2:20.

Abideth in you. The meaning is, that the influence on your heart and life, which results from the fact that you are anointed of God, permanently abides with you, and will keep you from dangerous error. The apostle evidently meant to say that he felt assured that they would not be seduced from the truth, and that his confidence in regard to this was placed in the fact that they had been truly anointed unto God as kings and priests. Thus understood, what he here says is equivalent to the expression of a firm conviction that those who are true Christians will not fall away. Comp, 1Jn 2:19, 1Jn 2:20.

And ye need not that any man teach you. That is, what are the things essential to true religion. 1Jn 2:20.

But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things. This cannot mean that the mere act of anointing, if that had been performed in their case, would teach them; but it refers to what John includes in what he calls the anointing--that is, in the solemn consecrating to the duties of religion under the influences of the Holy Spirit.

And is truth, and is no lie. Leads to truth, and not to error. No man was ever led into error by those influences which result from the fact that he has been consecrated to the service of God.

Ye shall abide in him. Marg., "or it." The Greek will bear either construction. The connexion, however, seems to demand that it should be understood as referring to him--that is, to the Saviour.

(a) "teacheth" Jn 16:26 (1) "him" "it"

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 But the anointing which ye have received - That ointment, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, mentioned 1Jn 2:20 (note). Ye need not that any man teach you - The Gnostics, who pretended to the highest illumination, could bring no proof that they were divinely taught, nor had they any thing in their teaching worthy the acceptance of the meanest Christian; therefore they had no need of that, nor of any other teaching but that which the same anointing teacheth, the same Spirit from whom they had already received the light of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. Whatever that taught, they needed; and whatever those taught whose teaching was according to this Spirit, they needed. St. John does not say that those who had once received the teaching of the Divine Spirit had no farther need of the ministry of the Gospel; no, but he says they had no need of such teaching as their false teachers proposed to them; nor of any other teaching that was different from that anointing, i.e. the teaching of the Spirit of God. No man, howsoever holy, wise, or pure, can ever be in such a state as to have no need of the Gospel ministry: they who think so give the highest proof that they have never yet learned of Christ or his Spirit. And is truth - Because it is the Spirit of truth Joh 16:13. And is no lie - It has nothing like the fables of the Gnostics. It can neither deceive, nor be deceived.

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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…

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1 John 2:27 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.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ὑμεῖς,humeisyou yourselves,G4771
τὸtotheG3588
χρῖσμαchrismaanointingG5545
ὃhothatG3739
ἐλάβετεelabeteyou receivedG2983
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
μένειmeneiabidesG3306
ἐνeninG1722
ὑμῖν,huminyouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐounotG3756
χρείανchreianneedG5532
ἔχετεecheteyou haveG2192
ἵναinathatG2443
τιςtisanyoneG5100
διδάσκῃdidaskēmay teachG1321
ὑμᾶς·humasyou;G4771
ἀλλ᾽all᾽ButG235
ὡςhōsjust asG5613
τὸtotheG3588
αὐτοῦautousameG846
χρῖσμαchrismaanointingG5545
διδάσκειdidaskeiteachesG1321
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
περὶpericoncerningG4012
πάντωνpantōnall thingsG3956
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀληθέςalēthestrueG227
ἐστινestinisG1510
καὶkaiandG2532
οὐκouknotG3756
ἔστινestinisG1510
ψεῦδοςpseudosa lieG5579
καὶkaiandG2532
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531
ἐδίδαξενedidaxenit has taughtG1321
ὑμᾶς,humasyou,G4771
μένετεmeneteyou abideG3306
ἐνeninG1722
αὐτῷ.autōHim.G846

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Cross references for 1 John 2:27

  • John 14:26

    But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

  • 1 John 2:20-21

    But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:13

    Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

  • John 16:13

    Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

  • Jeremiah 31:33-34

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  • Hebrews 8:10-11

    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13

    For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

  • John 15:4-7

    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

  • John 8:31-32

    Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

  • John 14:17

    Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

  • 2 Peter 1:16-17

    For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • 1 John 2:28

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the anointing.
20; 3:24; Joh 4:14; 1Pe 1:23; 2Jo 1:2
and ye.
20,21; Jer 31:33,34; Joh 14:26; 16:13; Heb 8:10,11
but.
1Co 2:13; Eph 4:21; 1Th 2:13; 1Ti 2:7; 2Pe 1:16,17
ye shall.
28; Joh 8:31,32; 15:4-7; Col 2:6
him. or, it.

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Context

  • 1 John 2:26

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

  • 1 John 2:27

    But 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.

  • 1 John 2:28

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

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1 John 2:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pero la unción que vosotros habéis recibido de él, mora en vosotros, y no tenéis necesidad que ninguno os enseñe; mas como la unción misma os enseña de todas cosas, y es verdadera, y no es mentira, así como os ha enseñado, perseveraréis en él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et, pour vous, l’onction que vous avez reçue de lui demeure en vous, et vous n’avez pas besoin que personne vous enseigne; mais comme la même onction vous enseigne à l’égard de toutes choses, et qu’elle est vraie et n’est pas mensonge, – et selon qu’elle vous a enseignés, vous demeurerez en lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ihr, die Salbung, die ihr von ihm empfangen habt, bleibt in euch, und ihr bedürfet nicht, daß euch jemand belehre, sondern wie dieselbe Salbung euch über alles belehrt und wahr ist und keine Lüge ist, und wie sie euch belehrt hat, so werdet ihr in ihm bleiben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et vos unctionem, quam accepistis ab eo, maneat in vobis. Et non necesse habetis ut aliquis doceat vos: sed sicut unctio ejus docet vos de omnibus, et verum est, et non est mendacium. Et sicut docuit vos: manete in eo.