1 John 2:21

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

New Heart English 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

20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Anti-Christ, he who denies the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:8Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will be ready always to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are 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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