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1 John 2:19-21
New Living Translation
1 John 2:19-21
New Living Translation
19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
20 But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit,[a] and all of you know the truth. 21 So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies.
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- 2:20 Greek But you have an anointing from the Holy One.
1 John 2:19-21
New International Version
1 John 2:19-21
New International Version
19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)
20 But you have an anointing(C) from the Holy One,(D) and all of you know the truth.[a](E) 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(F) and because no lie comes from the truth.
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- 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things
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