1 John 2:21

I wrote to you not because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

In Context

20And ye have an anointing from the Holy, and ye know all the things.

22Who is the liar if not he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will not neglect to always remind you about these things, although having known them, and having been established in the present truth.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:21-28

Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard… Read the whole commentary →

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