1 John 2:20

You, however, have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

In Context

19These people come from our ranks, but they were never truly part of us – if they had been then they would have stayed with us. They left so it would be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

21I am not writing to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie can come from the truth.

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Cross References

Psalms 23:5You spread a table for me in face of my foes; with oil you anoint my head, and my cup runs over.

Psalms 71:22So with harp I will praise you, and your faithfulness, O my God; and make music to you on the lyre, O you Holy One of Israel.

Luke 4:18‘The Spirit of the Lord is on me, for he has consecrated me to bring good news to the poor, he has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, to set the oppressed at liberty,

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:19-20

Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. Here is, I. A moral prognostication of the time; the end is coming: Little children, it is the last time, v.… Read the whole commentary →

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