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Andκαὶyouὑμεῖςhaveἔχετεan anointingχρῖσμαfromἀπὸthe Holy One,τοῦ ἁγίουandκαὶyouοἴδατεallπάντεςknow.οἴδατε
1 John 2:20
Study it in the app“And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:20, word by word
- haveἔχετεechete
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echete” appears- an anointingχρῖσμαchrisma
anointing
Anointing; the oil with which one is anointed.
Where else “chrisma” appears- the Holy Oneἁγίουhagiou
holy
Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.
Where else “hagiou” appears- youοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “and you know all things.”
The context
19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out so that it might be made plain that none of them are of us.
20 · This verse (above)
21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
To study 1 John 2 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?