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1 John 2:21

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21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but abecause you do know it, and 1because no lie is bof the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or know that

Cross references

  1. aJames 1:19; 2 Pet 1:12; Jude 5
  2. bJohn 8:44; 18:37; 1 John 3:19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because every lie is not of the truth.

KJV 1900King 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.