1 John 2:26

“These [things] have I written unto you, &c.] The little children, who were most likely to be imposed upon by antichrists and deceivers: concerning them that seduce you. The Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions render it, “for them that seduce you”; not that they were actually seduced and carried away with the error of the wicked; for though God's elect may be staggered and waver, and be tossed to and fro by false teachers, and their doctrines, yet they cannot be totally and finally deceived: but the sense is, these men endeavoured to seduce them: they lay in wait to deceive, and attempted to deceive them, by walking in craftiness, and handling the word of God deceitfully; and therefore that…”

“These things-- (Jo1 2:18-25). have I written--resumed from Jo1 2:21 and Jo1 2:14. seduce you--that is, are trying to seduce or lead you into error.”

“These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you - Respecting their character, and in order to guard you against their arts. The word “seduce” means to lead astray; and it here refers to those who would seduce them “from the truth,” or lead them into dangerous error. The apostle does not mean that they had actually seduced them, for he states in the following verse that they were yet safe; but he refers to the fact that there was danger that they might be led into error. return to 'Top of Page'”

“These things - From Jo1 2:21. I have written to you - St. John, according to his custom, begins and ends with the same form, and having finished a kind of parenthesis, Jo1 2:20-26, continues, Jo1 2:27, what he said in Jo1 2:20, concerning them that would seduce you. 1 John 2:27”

“concerning: Jo1 3:7; Pro 12:26; Eze 13:10; Mar 13:22; Act 20:29, Act 20:30; Co2 11:13-15; Col 2:8, Col 2:18; Ti1 4:1; Ti2 3:13; Pe2 2:1-3; Jo2 1:7 1 John 2:27”