1 John 2:21 — Meaning and Application

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.”

1 John 2:21

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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.

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.

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

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: {but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also}.

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1 John 2:1

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"

1 John 2:2

"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for {the sins of} the whole world."

1 John 2:3

"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."

1 John 2:4

"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

1 John 2:5

"But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him."

1 John 2:6

"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."

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