<p>1:2 <em>For the truth's sake which abides in us, and shall be with us for ever</em>- In John's thought, &quot;the truth&quot; is the Lord Jesus in the form of His Spirit, &quot;the spirit of truth&quot;, and he uses the term in the same sense as Paul often uses the term &quot;in Christ&quot; or &quot;in the Spirit&quot;. &quot;The truth&quot; is what &quot;abides in us&quot;, but it is the spirit &quot;of truth&quot; which abides in us (1 Jn. 3:24). It will be with us &quot;for ever&quot; in that the gift of the Spirit &quot;abides with you for ever&quot; (Jn. 14:16). That promise had been made when the Lord was about to physically leave the believers, yet He promised that the gift of the Spirit in their hearts would mean that in fact they had His presence, through the Spirit, ever with them. The allusion to the Comforter promise yet again indicates that the Comforter, the gift of the Spirit, was promised not just to the first disciples but to all who should afterward believe, even though the Comforter had special relevance and manifestation in a unique way to the eleven disciples who first received the promise.</p>