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.
and ye need not that any man teach you: "Teach" is didaske, present subjunctive active, which signifies continuous action. Since these Christians have the anointing of God’s word abiding in their hearts, there is no need for someone to teach them constantly these great principles that are being denied by the false teachers. John is not belittling the work of teachers and preachers, but he is impressing on them the fact that they are not at the mercy of the false teachers or any teachers. Every Christian has the obligation to study for himself and be "fully persuaded in his own mind" (Romans 14:5). Lenski properly says, "With the permanent possession which you have ’you have no need for anyone to be teaching you’ (note the durative present tense)" (442).