1 John 2:21

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

20You have an unction from the Holy One, and you all know.

22Who is a liar except the one denying that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist, the one denying the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will be about to always remind you concerning these things, even though knowing them, and being 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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