1 John 2:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

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  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 Salvation Based on the Word of God Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 Now I desire to remind you(even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you. 9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
  • Rom 15:14-15 : 14 Paul’s Motivation for Writing the Letter But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. 15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

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