1 John 2:21 — Bible Verse (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.”

1 John 2:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 John 2:21 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 John 2:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

1 John 2:21 — World English Bible

1 John 2:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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.”

1 John 2:21 — American Standard Version

1 John 2:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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.”

1 John 2:21 — Young's Literal Translation

1 John 2:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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.”

1 John 2:21 — Darby Translation

1 John 2:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I haue not written vnto you, because ye knowe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lie is of the trueth.”

1 John 2:21 — Geneva Bible

1 John 2:21 in Context — 1 John 2

19 Salieron de nosotros, mas no eran de nosotros; porque si fueran de nosotros, hubieran cierto permanecido con nosotros; pero [salieron] para que se manifestase que todos no son de nosotros.

20 Mas vosotros tenéis la unción del Santo, y conocéis todas las cosas.

21 No os he escrito como si ignoraseis la verdad, sino como á los que la conocéis, y que ninguna mentira es de la verdad.

22 ¿Quién es mentiroso, sino el que niega que Jesús es el Cristo? Este tal es anticristo, que niega al Padre y al Hijo.

23 Cualquiera que niega al Hijo, este tal tampoco tiene al Padre. Cualquiera que confiese al Hijo tiene también al Padre.

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What Does 1 John 2:21 Mean?

1 John 2:21 is a verse from the Book of 1 John, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 John chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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