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1 John 2:21

Truth and honesty

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.

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

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.

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BSB
I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
KJV
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.
WEB
I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
I did not write to you⁺ because you⁺ do not know the truth, but because you⁺ know it, and because any lie is not of the truth.
ÅB
Jeg skriver ikke til dere fordi dere ikke kjenner sannheten, men fordi dere kjenner den og vet at ingen løgn er av sannheten.
OTB
Jeg har ikke skrevet til dere fordi dere ikke kjenner sannheten, men fordi dere kjenner den, og fordi ingen løgn kommer fra sannheten.
B1930
Jeg skriver ikke til eder fordi I ikke kjenner sannheten, men fordi I kjenner den og vet at ingen løgn er av sannheten.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Peter 1:12

    Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

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  • Jude 1:5

    I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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  • Proverbs 1:5

    A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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  • Proverbs 9:8–9

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

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  • Romans 15:14–15

    And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

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