1 John 2:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him. 9 Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.
  • Rom 15:14-15 : 14 And I myself am certain of you, brothers, that you are full of what is good, complete in all knowledge, able to give direction to one another. 15 But I have, in some measure, less fear in writing to you to put these things before you again, because of the grace which was given to me by God,
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)

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  • 1 John 2:20
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    20And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.

  • 1 John 2:22
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    22Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.

  • 1 John 2:3-5
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    3And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

    4The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

    5But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

  • 2 John 1:1-2
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    1I, a ruler in the church, send word to the noble sister who is of God's selection, and to her children, for whom I have true love; and not only I, but all who have knowledge of what is true;

    2Because of this true knowledge which is in us, and will be with us for ever:

  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

    14I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

    15Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • John 8:44-45
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    44You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

    45But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

  • 1 John 2:26-28
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    26I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

    27As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.

    28And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

    6If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

  • Gal 1:20
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    20Now God is witness that the things which I am writing to you are true.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

    20And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • 3 John 1:3-4
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    3For it gave me great joy when some of the brothers came and gave witness that you had the true faith and were walking in the true way.

    4I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.

  • 1 John 2:7-8
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    7My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.

    8Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.

  • John 8:55
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    55You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

  • 2 Cor 11:31
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    31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be praise for ever, is witness that the things which I say are true.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.

  • Prov 22:21
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    21To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

  • 2 John 1:4
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    4It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

  • John 5:42
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    42But I have knowledge of you that you have no love for God in your hearts.

  • John 8:32
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    32And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • 2 Cor 1:13
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    13For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:

  • 1 John 2:24
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    24But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 3:5-7
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    5And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

    6Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8Because we are able to do nothing against what is true, but only for it.

  • 2 Thess 2:10-12
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    10And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

    11And for this cause, God will give them up to the power of deceit and they will put their faith in what is false:

    12So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

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    6We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

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    1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one: