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20 But the Holy One has given you a gift of understanding so that you all may know what is true.

21 I write to you, not because you do not know what is true, but because you do know. And you know that no lie is true.

22 Who then is the one who says what is not true? It is the one who says that Jesus is not the Christ. That person is against Christ, because he says there is no Father and there is no Son.

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20 But you have an anointing(A) from the Holy One,(B) and all of you know the truth.[a](C) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(D) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things