21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but (A)because you do know it, and [a]because no lie is (B)of the truth. 22 Who is the liar except (C)the one who denies that Jesus is the [b]Christ? This is (D)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (E)Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:21 Or you know that no lie
  2. 1 John 2:22 I.e., Messiah

21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(A) 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.(B) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(C)

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