1 John 2:21

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

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 an anointing from the Holy, and you discern every man.

22Who is a liar, if not he who denieth that Jeshu is the Meshiha? and this (one) is a false meshiha. He who denieth the Father, denieth also the Son;

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Cross References

2 Peter 1:12Wherefore it doth not weary me to remind you constantly of these, that you may know well, and be established upon this 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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