King James Version
1 John 2:25 in the King James Version says “And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.” — study this verse from 1 John chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.”
1 John 2:25 · KJV
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
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. in him: or, in it
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“the promise”
G1860an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
“he”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“hath promised”
G1861to announce upon (reflexively), i.e., (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
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