1 John 2:21

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

Webster 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

20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

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Cross References

Proverbs 9:8Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

2 Peter 1:12Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye 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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