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Verse 27 of 1 John 2 is specifically addressing "
the babes [in Christ]" (and about a particular thing).
Consider the following:
1 John 2:12 -
"I write unto you, little children [
teknia; this Grk word is the more general word, applied to ALL of the 3 sub-categories of believers in this overall passage (Fathers, Young Men, Little Children)], because your sins are [/have been] forgiven you for his name's sake."
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note: this Grk word
('teknia') in v.12 is used again in the section starting in
v.28, where the thought resumes following the parenthetical section involving
a DIFFERENT Grk word in v.13c /18a, "paidia"-'little children' (this, in contrast to the "fathers" and the "young men," here)
--so the parenthetical section addressed to the "
paidia - little children" [i.e. the babes in Christ, or youngun's] is found in v.13
c,18-27, and verse 27 says (of them) "ye abide ['present
indicative active,'
not 'imperative' here]"
--These "little children/
paidia" in particular are being warned of "seducers"/"antichrists" who "deny the Son" (and thus, so doing, the seducers/antichrists "have not the Father"... but of these "little children [
paidia]," it said in v.13
c "ye have known the Father" [
unlike these deceivers, who deny the Son and thus have not the Father])
--"[V.27] As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you,
you abide in Him [present indicative[/I] active]."
Verse 28 then resumes with addressing the whole, with the word "teknia" the general term used which applies to ALL these 3 sub-categories of believers.
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I agree with Eph4 and also 1Cor12:12 (where in that context,
v.21 is informing us that we don't wanna be among those saying to another body part: "I have no need of you"
)
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