1 John 2:21 - Forerunner Commentary

1 John 2:21

19 ^aThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for ^bif they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out ^cthat they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

20 But ^ayou have an anointing ^bfrom the Holy One, and ^cyou know all things.

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

22 ^aWho is a liar but he who denies that ^bJesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

23 ^aWhoever denies the Son does not have the ^bFather either; ^che who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Let Truth Abide in You

24 Therefore let that abide in you ^awhich you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, ^byou also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 ^aAnd this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.

Verse Comparison: 1 John 2:21

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American Standard Version
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Amplified® Bible
I write to you not because you are ignorant {and} do not perceive {and} know the Truth, but because you do perceive {and} know it, and [know positively] that nothing false (no deception, no lie) is of the Truth.

Contemporary English Version
I did not need to write you about the truth, since you already know it. You also know that liars do not belong to the truth.

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

Good News Bible
I write you, then, not because you do not know the truth; instead, it is because you do know it, and you also know that no lie ever comes from the truth.

International Standard Version
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

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.

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

New International Version
I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

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

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie derives from the truth.

Young's Literal Translation
I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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