1 John 2:21

I did not write an iggeret kodesh to you because you do not have da'as of HaEmes, but because you do have da'as of HaEmes and that kol sheker (every falsehood) is not of HaEmes.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 you have a + 2:20 Ruach Hakodesh mishcha (anointing) from HaKadosh and you have da'as of all. + 2:20 Jer 31:34

22Who is the shakran (liar)? Who but the one making hakhchashah (denial) and claiming that Yehoshua is not the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach? This one is the Anti-Moshiach, the one making hakhchashah (denial) of HaAv and HaBen.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a letz, lest he hate thee; 1 rebuke a chacham, and he will love thee. 1

2 Peter 1:12Therefore, it is my tachlis (purpose, final end) always to remind you concerning these things, even though you have da'as of them and have been stabilized in HaEmes that you have.

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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