1 John 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
1 John 2:21 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 John 2:2121 words
οὐκouknot
ἔγραψαegrapsadescribe, write(-ing, -ten)
ὑμῖνhyminyou
ὅτιhotithat / because
οὐκouknot
οἴδατεoidate
τὴνtēnthe
ἀλήθειανalētheiantruth
ἀλλ’all’and, but (even), howbeit
ὅτιhotithat / because
οἴδατεoidate
αὐτήνautēnhe / she / it / same
καὶkaiand / also
ὅτιhotithat / because
πᾶνpanall / every
ψεῦδοςpseudoslie, lying
ἐκekfrom / out of
τῆςtēsthe
ἀληθείαςalētheiastruth
οὐκouknot
ἔστινestinam, have been, is I
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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