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As for you,ὑμεῖςlet whatὃyou heardἠκούσατεfromἀπ’the beginningἀρχῆςremainμενέτωinἐνyou.ὑμῖνIfἐὰνwhatὃyou heardἠκούσατεfromἀπ’the beginningἀρχῆςremainsμείνῃinἐνyou,ὑμῖνyouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶwill remainμενεῖτεinἐνthe Sonτῷ υἱῷandκαὶinἐνthe Father.τῷ πατρὶ
1 John 2:24
Study it in the app“As for you, let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:24, word by word
- you heardἠκούσατεēkousate
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousate” appears- the beginningἀρχῆςarchēs
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēs” appears- remainμενέτωmenetō
remain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “menetō” appears- the Sonυἱῷhuiōi
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huiōi” appears- the Fatherπατρὶpatri
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patri” appears
The context
23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
24 · This verse (above)
25And this is the promise that he made us: eternal life.
To study 1 John 2 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?