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1 John 2:21

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

1 John 2:21

Verse 21 of 29

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 John 2:21

Theological / Devotional

I have not written. Tactfully, the apostle does not address his readers as if they need instruction, but appeals to them in terms of the knowledge they already possess (cf. on vs. 12-14).

Ye know it. That is, ye know the truth. The true Christian has no need to fear opponents’ claims to superior knowledge. His continued anointing by the Holy Spirit imparts to him the knowledge essential to salvation and the ability to use that knowledge skillfully in the cause of truth.

No lie. The clause reads literally, “every lie out of the truth is not,” that is, every trace of untruth comes from a different source than that from which truth issues. Truth comes from Christ; lies, of every kind, can eventually be traced back to Satan, the father of lies (see on John 8:44).

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