1 John 2:21

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I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

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  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 Therefore, I will always remind you about these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth you now have.
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 Now I want to remind you, although you already know all this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or they will hate you; rebuke a wise person, and they will love you. 9 Instruct the wise, and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and they will add to their learning.
  • Rom 15:14-15 : 14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written to you quite boldly on some points, to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 Let the wise hear and increase their learning, and the one who understands gain guidance,

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  • 1 John 2:20
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    20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

  • 1 John 2:22
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    22Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 2:3-5
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    3We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.

    4Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.

    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

  • 2 John 1:1-2
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    1The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth.

    2Because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.

  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

    14I am writing to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • John 8:44-45
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    44You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

    45But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

  • 1 John 2:26-28
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    26I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.

    27As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things—and it is true and not a lie—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.

    28And now, dear children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

  • Gal 1:20
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    20Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

    20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know 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 I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified to your truth, as you are walking in the truth.

    4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

  • 1 John 2:7-8
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    7Dear brothers and sisters, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have already heard.

    8Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

  • John 8:55
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    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12Therefore, I will always remind you about these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth you now have.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

  • 2 Cor 11:31
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    31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know you have eternal life, and so that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

  • Prov 22:21
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    21To make you know the certainty of true words, so that you can give truthful answers to those who send you?

  • 2 John 1:4
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    4I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received the commandment from the Father.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • John 5:42
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    42But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

  • John 8:32
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    32And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • 2 Cor 1:13
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    13For we write nothing to you other than what you can read and understand, and I hope that you will fully understand,

  • 1 John 2:24
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    24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

  • 1 John 3:5-7
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    5You know that He appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

    6No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

    7Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

  • 2 Cor 13:8
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    8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

  • 2 Thess 2:10-12
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    10and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

    11For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie,

    12in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.

  • 1 John 4:6
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    6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  • 1 John 2:1
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    1My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.