1st John Chapter 2 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV 1stJohn 2:21

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.
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BBE 1stJohn 2:21

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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DARBY 1stJohn 2:21

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.
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KJV 1stJohn 2:21

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.
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WBT 1stJohn 2:21


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WEB 1stJohn 2:21

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.
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YLT 1stJohn 2:21

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.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - The first οὐκ belongs to ὅτι, not to ἔγραψα: I wrote to you, not because ye know not, etc. It does not mean "I omitted to write to you because ye know not." Whatever meaning we give to the aorists in verses 13, 14 need not be retained here. There is here no abrupt change from present to aorist. Moreover, verse 26 limits this ἔγραψα to the present section. What in verse 20 is spoken of as "all things" (assuming πάντα to be right) is here spoken of as "the truth." St. John writes to well-instructed Christians, to adults in the faith. It is precisely because they "know the truth" that he addresses them, especially to warn them against antichrists. We are in doubt whether καὶ ὅτι, depends upon ἔγραψα ("and because")or upon οἴδατε ("and that"). The former is better; it introduces a second reason for his writing. Some take ὅτι, in all three places as "that" after ἔγραψα: "I did not write to you and say that ye know not the truth, but that ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth." Every lie is fundamentally and ab origine ἐκ separate from the truth; and hence his readers will easily recognize lies and liars, for they know the truth.

Ellicott's Commentary