1 John 2:25

And this is the promise that he hath promised us Or, and the promise which He promised us is this: the aorist had better be retained, and -this" is probably the predicate, referring to what follows (comp. John 5:22; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 5:14) and not the subject, referring to what precedes. This view is confirmed by 1 John 3:23 and 1 John 5:11. The connexion with what precedes is close, -eternal life" being only another view of -abiding in the Father and the Son". The -He" is emphatic, and perhaps -He Himself would not be too strong as a rendering. Of course Christ is meant, "who in this whole passage forms the centre round which all the statements of the Apostle move" (Huther). For the promise see John 3:15; John 4:14; John 6:40, &c. &c. The best MS. (B) reads -promised you", for -promised us".