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

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Lit And
  2. 1 John 2:21 Or you know that no lie
  3. 1 John 2:22 I.e., Messiah

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”