The Antichrist

18 Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that [fn]the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out so that it might be revealed that they do not belong to us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you [fn]know all things. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist. 23 No one who denies the Son has the [fn]Father. 24 [fn]Therefore let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the [fn]Son and in the Father. 25 And this is what he has promised us—eternal life.

26 I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But the anointing you received from him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But [fn]the same anointing teaches you about all things; it is true, not a lie. So, just as it has taught you, [fn]you must abide in him.