1 John 2:25 - Exposition

And the promise which he promised us is this, even the eternal life. αὐτός is Christ; αὕτη looks forward to "the eternal life," not backwards to the abiding in the Father ( John 3:16 ; John 5:24 ; John 6:40 , John 6:54 ). τὴν ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον is in the accusative by attraction to ἥν . "What St. John would have us feel is this, that there can be no promise to compare with this—that we should share the eternal life, the life of God.… We often speak as if people were to be paid for being good; not as if the being good were itself God's highest gift and blessing" (Maurice). The reading ὑμῖν (B) for ἡμῖν is worthy of notice. In verses 16, 17 St. John gives two reasons for shunning the world: because

So here he gives two for holding fast the truth originally delivered to them: because the truth leads