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# General Information:
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Here the word "you" is plural and refers to the people to whom John wrote as well as all believers. The word "he" is emphatic and refers to Christ. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# Connecting Statement:
John reminds believers to continue in what they have first heard.
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# As for you
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This marks John's telling them how they should live as followers of Jesus instead of how those against Christ live.
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# let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you
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"remember and believe what you have heard from the beginning." How they heard it, what they heard, and what "the beginning" means can be made explicit: Alternate translation: "continue to trust what we have taught you about Jesus just as you have trusted since you first became believers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# what you have heard from the beginning
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"what we taught you about Jesus when you first became believers"
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# If what you heard from the beginning remains in you
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The word "remains" is talking about relationship, not salvation. Alternate translation: "If you continue to trust what we first taught you"
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# also remain in the Son and in the Father
To "remain in" means to continue to have fellowship with. See how translated a similar phrase to "remain in" in [1 John 2:6](../02/06.md). Alternate translation: "also continue to have fellowship with Son and with the Father" or "also stay joined to the Son and to the Father" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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