1 JOHN 2:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”
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 all things, and is true and is no lie — teach yourselves — the chrisma (anointing) abides as the inner teacher. The Spirit's teaching (didaskō) makes external instruction supplementary; the indwelling Spirit is the teacher of truth. The self-teaching emerges from the anointing's light.
Church Fathers on 1 John 2:27
“And you have no need that any man teach you, because His unction teaches you concerning all things.” 1 John 2:27 Then to what purpose is it that “we,” my brethren, teach you? If “His unction teaches you concerning all things,” it seems we labor without a cause. And what mean we, to cry out as we do? Let us leave you to His unction, and let His unction teach you. But this is putting the question only to myself: I put it also to that same apostle: let him deign to hear a babe…
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