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1 John 2:20,27 – No Need For Anyone To Teach

Did John teach that one who has God's Holy Spirit knows absolutely everything, and/or that the one who has been anointed has absolutely no need of a teacher? 1 John 2:20 -  But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 1 John 2:27 -  But 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. -- King James Version . 1 John 2:20 - You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know the truth. 1 John 2:27 - As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.   -- World English . 1 John 2:20 - But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all know....

Galatians 3:20 - Is God the Mediator?

Galatians 3:20 - Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one. Some evidently see in this verse that God is being said to be the mediator, and that, since Jesus is the mediator, they evidently are reading into the scripture that Jesus is God. The context here shows that this is related to God's promise to Abraham for a seed. -- Galatians 3:14,18,19; Genesis 12:2,3; 22:18. Actually, "God" here is presented as being only one person, the same one person who is the "one God" in 1 Corinthians 8:6. "God" in Galatians 3:20 is the same one person who is the "only true God" in John 17:1,3. It is the same one person who is the "the Lord Jehovah" of Isaiah 61:1, ELOHIM of Isaiah 61:1 and Micah 5:4, who anointed and sent the Messiah.  God is one, and he bound only himself to the promises of that covenant, thus he is the only party bound in the covenant of promise that God concluded with Abraham and his seed. God gave the promise u...