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I have notοὐκwrittenἔγραψαto youὑμῖνbecauseὅτιyou do notοὐκknowοἴδατεthe truth,τὴν ἀλήθειανbutἀλλ’becauseὅτιyou knowοἴδατεit,αὐτήνandκαὶbecauseὅτιnoπᾶν οὐκlieψεῦδοςisἔστινofἐκthe truth.τῆς ἀληθείας
1 John 2:21
Study it in the app“I 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.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:21, word by word
- writtenἔγραψαegrapsa
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “egrapsa” appears- knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- the truthἀλήθειανalētheian
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheian” appears- lieψεῦδοςpseudos
lie
Lie, falsehood; the opposite of truth.
Where else “pseudos” appears- isἔστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears
The context
20And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
21 · This verse (above)
22Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
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?