1 John 2:21

I have written to you, not because you are ignorant of the truth, but because you know it, and you know that nothing false comes from the truth.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

20As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and have perfect knowledge.

22Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.

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Cross References

2 Peter 1:12For this reason I shall always persist in reminding you of these things, although you know them and are stedfast believers in truth which you already possess.

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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