27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have ^econfidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that ^feveryone who practices righteousness has been ^gborn of him.

1 See what kind of ^hlove the Father has given to us, that we should be called ⁱchildren of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that ^jit did not know him.