1 John 2:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 John 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth - You are not to regard my writing to you in this earnest manner as any evidence that I do not suppose you to be acquainted with religion...
1 John 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(22) 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. (22) The taking away of an objection, He did not write these things to men wh...
1 John 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Antichrists and their Teaching. Here John deals with the false teachers, who embody the spirit of Antichrist and betoken by their appearance the speedy end of the world and the return of Christ...
1 John 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21 And that no lie is of the truth. He concedes to them a judgment, by which they could distinguish truth from falsehood; for it is not the dialectic proposition, that falsehood differs from...
1 John 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I have not written, etc. - It is not because ye are ignorant of these things that I...
1 John 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have not written unto you— Though St. John uses the word εγραψα, I have written, as he had done before, 1 John 2:14 yet he speaks of what he was now writing; for there is no reason to think t...
1 John 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Because ye know it, and that ... Ye not only know the truth (concerning the...
1 John 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle felt for his disciples. Advocate ] The word thus tra...
1 John 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8) THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DARKNESS ( 1 John 2:18-28 ). ( a ) Signs whereby they should know the forerunners of the last time ( 1 John 2:18-23 ). ( b ) Exhortation to continue in the light ( 1...
1 John 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Loyalty to Truth 1 John 2:18-29 The Holy One is surely the risen Savior, who has passed into the heavens, whence He bestows the Holy Spirit as a sacred chrism on meek and trustful souls. We can...
1 John 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away. The tests whereby we may know our relation to lig...
1 John 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. (19) They went out from us, but t...
1 John 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I have not written unto you ,.... Either this epistle, or rather what particularly here regards those apostates from the truth, in order to shun them and not be deceived by them: the apostle here ob...
1 John 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 21. Because ye know not, &c. ] Because ye are utterly ignorant; for Go...
1 John 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have not written unto you In the manner I have done; because ye know not the truth In which case I must have entered largely into the discussion of this matter; but , on the contrary, I have c...
1 John 2:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” (JND). If we have seen some absolute, positive...
1 John 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Concerning Antichrist. A. D. 80. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know al...
1 John 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He prudently intimates his confidence concerning them, together with the pleasure he himself took (as any one would) in communicating the sentiments of holy truth to prepared, receptive minds; implyi...
1 John 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Warning Against False Religion and False Teachers ( 1 John 2:18-29 ). Having warned against the world which is under the control of the Evil One and will stultify their faith, John now warns again...
1 John 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 2:20 . Unction from the Holy One .—Or, “anointing.” The association of the Spirit coming to a man, when anointed to a Divine office, may be seen in the case...
1 John 2:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:18-23 The Last Time; the Christ; the Antichrist; the Chrism. I. The Apostles said that a new age was at hand, the universal age, the age of the Son of man, which would be preceded by a g...
1 John 2:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1-4 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation fo...
1 John 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the rabbins make a distinction between the heifer, the...
1 John 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 2:1 , 1 John 2:2 Moreover, walking in the light involves accepting the propitiation wrought through Jesus Christ the Righteous. The connexion with the preceding is c...
1 John 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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.
1 John 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 1:12 ; Proverbs 1:5 ; Proverbs 9:8 ; Proverbs 9:9 ; Romans 15:14 ; Romans 15:15
1 John 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I have written — Namely, 1 John 2:13 . To you because ye know the truth — That is, to confirm you in the knowledge ye have already. Ye know that no lie is of the truth — That all the doctrines of...

1 John 2:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 2:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 2:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 2:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 2:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 2:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 2:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 2:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 2:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 2:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 2:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 John 2:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 2:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 2:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes