1 John 2:21

I-do_not_write to{you} that you-have_not_beheld the truth; contrariwise, that you-have-beheld same and that every falsehood is_not_being out of{the truth}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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 are-having [the] anoint-effect from of{the holy} and you-have-beheld all.

22Who[?] is-being the falsifier/liar if not the denying, that Jesus is_not_being the Anointed[?] The-same is-being the in-place-of/opposing/contrary/anti-anointed, the denying the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

2 Peter 1:12through-which I-will_not_be-unconcerned to-be-reminding-under you ever[i.e. repeatedly] about of{the-same[neuter plural]} even-also having-beheld and having-been-established in to{the being-beside/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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