20 But you have been (A)anointed by (B)the Holy One, and (C)you all have knowledge.[a] 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but (D)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is (E)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 (F)No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything

20 And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you because[a] you do not know the truth, but because[b] you do know it, and because[c] every lie is not of the truth. 22 Who is the liar except the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This person is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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  1. 1 John 2:21 Or “that”
  2. 1 John 2:21 Or “that”
  3. 1 John 2:21 Or “that”