1 John 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.In other versions
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.
ASV
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.
BBE
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.
DBY
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.
WEB
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.
YLT
I have not written unto you because all of you know not the truth, but because all of you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
ENG
I have not written to you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
WBT
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.
BSB
In context
19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.