1 JOHN 2:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
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 — the reminder strengthens rather than presumes ignorance. The incompatibility of lie and truth is absolute (ex tēs aletheias) — they cannot coexist or compromise. Knowledge of truth inoculates against deception.
Church Fathers on 1 John 2:21
“I write unto you not because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.” 1 John 2:21 Behold, we are admonished how we may know antichrist. What is Christ? Truth. Himself has said “I am the Truth.” John 14:6 But “no lie is of the truth.” Consequently, all who lie are not yet of Christ. He has not said that some lie is of the truth, and some lie not of the truth. Mark the sentence. Do not fondle yourselves, do not flatter yourselves, do…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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