1 John 2:21 “I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but…”

1 John 2:21

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.

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.

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.

Darby Translation

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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

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Cross references

“because ye know not”

2 Peter 1:12 Proverbs 1:5 Proverbs 9:8 Proverbs 9:9 Romans 15:14 Romans 15:15

2 Peter 1:12 · BSB

Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Proverbs 1:5 · BSB

let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

Proverbs 9:8 · BSB

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9 · BSB

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

Romans 15:14 · BSB

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

Romans 15:15 · BSB

However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me

Also

Jude 1:5

Jude 1:5 · BSB

Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

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