“"Even as it hath taught you, abide ye in the same. And now, little children, abide ye in Him, that when He shall be manifested, we may have boldness in His sight, that we be not put to shame by Him at His coming." Ye see, brethren: we believe on Jesus whom we have not seen: they announced Him, that saw, that handled,…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Ten Homilies on 1 John 4
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28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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In context
26These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
27But 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.
— 1 John 2:28 —
29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.