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Beware of Antichrists

1 John 2:21

In 9 translations

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.
LSV
I did not write to you because you have not known the truth, but because you have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.
YLT
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.
DBY
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.
DRC
I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.
GNV
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.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλʼ ὅτι οἴδατε αὐτήν, καὶ ὅτι πᾶν ψεῦδος ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἔστιν.
RP2018
Οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι οἴδατε αὐτήν, καὶ ὅτι πᾶν ψεῦδος ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἔστιν.
TR-Boyd
Οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι οἴδατε αὐτήν, καὶ ὅτι πᾶν ψεῦδος ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἔστι.
SCR1894
ουκ εγραψα υμιν οτι ουκ οιδατε την αληθειαν αλλ οτι οιδατε αυτην και οτι παν ψευδος εκ της αληθειας ουκ εστιν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Peter 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
  • Jude 1:5Although 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.
  • Proverbs 1:5let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
  • Romans 15:14–15I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another. However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace…
  • Proverbs 9:8–9Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

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