1 John 2:21

21 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.

1 John 2:21 in Other Translations

KJV
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.
ESV
21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
NLT
21 So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.
MSG
21 I haven't been writing this to tell you something you don't know, but to confirm the truth you do know, and to remind you that the truth doesn't breed lies.
CSB
21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

1 John 2:21 In-Context

19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
21 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.
22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.
23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 2 Peter 1:12; Jude 5
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