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.
Ver. 24. Let that therefore abide] Persevere and hold fast the faith of the gospel without wavering in it, Ephesians 4:14, or starting from it,2 Peter 2:20. Be as the centre, or as Mount Sion, stedfast and unmovable. Stand fast; for ye are sure to be shaken: the tree must be shaken, that rotten fruit may fall off.