1 John 2:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,
  • Jude 1:5 : 5 and to remind you I intend, you knowing once this, that the Lord, a people out of the land of Egypt having saved, again those who did not believe did destroy;
  • Prov 9:8-9 : 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee. 9 Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.
  • Rom 15:14-15 : 14 And I am persuaded, my brethren -- I myself also -- concerning you, that ye yourselves also are full of goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, able also one another to admonish; 15 and the more boldly I did write to you, brethren, in part, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me by God,
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

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