1 John 2:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ I did not write to you people because you are ignorant of the truth [about these matters], but because you do know it, and because nothing false belongs to the true teaching.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ I write to you not because you are ignorant and do not perceive and know the Truth, but because you do perceive and know it, and [know positively] that nothing false (no deception, no lie) is of the Truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

Common English Bible

²¹ I don’t write to you because you don’t know the truth but because you know it. You know that no lie comes from the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ I have not written to you as to ones who are ignorant of the truth, but as to ones who know the truth. For no lie is of the truth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ I have not written to you as to them that know not the truth, but as to them that know it: and that no lie is of the truth.

1 John 2:21 Cross References

John 18:37

So, Pilate said to Him, “Are you a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You are [correct in] calling me a ‘king.’ This was the [very] purpose for which I was born and came into the world, that I should testify about the truth. Every person who wants [to know and obey] the truth listens to me.”

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you are [always] wanting to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the [very] beginning [Note: This is probably a reference to Satan’s influence on Adam, Eve and Cain in the Garden of Eden] and does not stand for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he only speaks what is part of his nature, because he is a liar and the father of [all] liars.

James 1:19

You people [already] know this [or, “you should know this”], my dearly loved brothers. However, every person should be quick to listen, slow to talk and slow in becoming angry.

2 Peter 1:12

Therefore, I intend to constantly remind you people about these things [i.e., those mentioned in verses 5-11], even though you [already] know them, and have been established in the truth you now possess.

1 John 3:19

And this is how we will know that we are following [God’s] truth, and will have assurance [of it] in our hearts and before God [as well].

Jude 1:5

But, I want to remind you, [even] though you already know the stories about how the Lord delivered His people from Egyptian [bondage], and then [later] destroyed those who did not believe [in Him].