(Read 1 John 2:26-29.)

25, 26. (a) Why can anointed ones have “freeness of speech”? (b) What does it mean to ‘practice righteousness’?

²⁵ John urges well-instructed anointed ones to “remain in union with” God. Those “in union with” Jehovah are similarly at unity with his Son. (John 14:19-21) Such unity is urged so that “when he [Christ] is made manifest we may have freeness of speech and not be shamed away from him at his presence,” that is, during his Parousia.

²⁶ Since we are now living during Jesus’ “presence,” how can we make sure that we have nothing to be ashamed of and are really walking in divine light? By ‘practicing righteousness.’