1 John 2:20

But ye have an unction from the Holy One; and ye discriminate every person.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out from us, that so it might be known, that they were not of us.

21I have not written to you, because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth.

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Cross References

Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; and therefore he hath anointed me to proclaim tidings to the poor; and hath sent me to heal the contrite in heart, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind; and to send away the contrite with forgiveness of their sins;

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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