1 John 2:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

I haue not written vnto you, because ye knowe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lie is of the trueth.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though that ye haue knowledge, & be stablished in the present trueth.
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 I wil therfore put you in remebrance, forasmuch as ye once knew this, how that the Lord, after that he had deliuered the people out of Egypt, destroied them afterward which beleeued not.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee. 9 Giue admonition to the wise, and he will be the wiser: teache a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Rom 15:14-15 : 14 And I my selfe also am perswaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodnes, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another. 15 Neuerthelesse, brethren, I haue somewhat boldly after a sort written vnto you, as one that putteth you in remembrance, through the grace that is giuen me of God,
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

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  • 1 John 2:20
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    20But ye haue an ointment from that Holy one, and know all things.

  • 1 John 2:22
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    22Who is a liar, but he that denyeth that Iesus is that Christ? the same is that Antichrist that denyeth the Father and the Sonne.

  • 1 John 2:3-5
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    3And hereby we are sure that we knowe him, if we keepe his commandements.

    4Hee that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commaundements, is a liar, and the trueth is not in him.

    5But hee that keepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede: hereby wee knowe that ye are in him.

  • 2 John 1:1-2
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    1The Elder to the elect Lady, and her children, whom I loue in the trueth: and not I onely, but also all that haue knowen the trueth,

    2For the trueths sake which dwelleth in vs, and shalbe with vs for euer:

  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13I write vnto you, fathers, because yee haue knowen him that is from the beginning. I write vnto you, yong men, because ye haue ouercome that wicked one. I write vnto you, litle children, because ye haue knowen ye Father.

    14I haue written vnto you, fathers, because ye haue knowen him, that is from the beginning. I haue written vnto you, yong men, because ye are strong, and the worde of God abideth in you, and ye haue ouercome that wicked one.

    15Loue not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man loue this world, the loue of the Father is not in him.

  • John 8:44-45
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    44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

    45And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not.

  • 1 John 2:26-28
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    26These things haue I written vnto you, concerning them that deceiue you.

    27But that anointing which ye receiued of him, dwelleth in you: and ye neede not that any man teach you: but as the same Anoynting teacheth you of all things, and it is true, and is not lying, and as it taught you, ye shall abide in him.

    28And nowe, litle children, abide in him, that when he shall appeare, we may be bolde, and not be ashamed before him at his comming.

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7For many deceiuers are entred into this worlde, which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh. He that is such one, is a deceiuer and an Antichrist.

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

    6If wee say that wee haue fellowship with him, and walke in darkenesse, we lie, and doe not truly:

  • Gal 1:20
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    20Nowe the things which I write vnto you, beholde, I witnes before God, that I lie not.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
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    19We knowe that we are of God, and this whole world lieth in wickednesse.

    20But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.

  • 3 John 1:3-4
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    3For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth.

    4I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.

  • 1 John 2:7-8
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    7Brethren, I write no newe commaundement vnto you: but an olde commaundement, which ye haue had from the beginning: this olde commaundement is that worde, which yee haue heard from the beginning.

    8Againe, a new comandement I write vnto you, that which is true in him, and also in you: for the darkenes is past, & that true light now shineth.

  • John 8:55
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    55Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though that ye haue knowledge, & be stablished in the present trueth.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.

    19For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shal before him assure our hearts.

  • 2 Cor 11:31
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    31The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not.

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    13These things haue I written vnto you, that beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God, that ye may knowe that ye haue eternall life, and that ye may beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs.

  • 3 John 1:12
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    12Demetrius hath good report of al men, and of the trueth it selfe: yea, and wee our selues beare recorde, and ye know that our record is true.

  • Prov 22:21
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    21That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth to them that sende to thee?

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    4I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy children walking in trueth, as we haue receiued a commandement of the Father.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say we haue not sinned, wee make him a liar, and his word is not in vs.

  • John 5:42
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    42But I know you, that ye haue not the loue of God in you.

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    32And shall know the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Sonne.

  • 2 Cor 1:13
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    13For wee write none other thinges vnto you, then that ye reade or els that ye acknowledge, & I trust ye shal acknowledge vnto ye end.

  • 1 John 2:24
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    24Let therefore abide in you that same which ye haue heard from the beginning. If that which ye haue heard from the beginning, shal remaine in you, ye also shal continue in the Sonne, and in the Father.

  • 1 John 3:5-7
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    5And ye knowe that hee was made manifest, that he might take away our sinnes, and in him is no sinne.

    6Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

    7Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous.

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    8For wee can not doe any thing against the trueth, but for the trueth.

  • 2 Thess 2:10-12
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    10And in al deceiuablenes of vnrighteousnes, among them that perish, because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.

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    6We are of God, he that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Heereby knowe wee the spirit of trueth, and the spirit of errour.

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    1My litle children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, wee haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ, the Iust.