Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

 In this verse we meet the conception of Antichrist. Antichrist is a word which occurs only in John's letters in the New Testament ( 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 1:7); but it is the expression of an idea which is as old as religion itself. 