1 John 2:19-21

Contemporary English Version

¹⁹These people came from our own group, yet they were not really part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves they did not belong to our group.

²⁰Christ, the Holy One,^[a] has blessed^[b] you, and now all of you understand.^[c] ²¹I did not need to write you about the truth, since you already know it. You also know that liars do not belong to the truth.

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Footnotes

2.20 Christ, the Holy One: The Greek text has “the Holy One” which may refer either to Christ or to God the Father.
2.20 blessed: This translates a word which means “to pour olive oil on (someone's head).” In Old Testament times it was the custom to pour olive oil on a person's head when that person was chosen to be a priest or a king. Here the meaning is not clear. It may refer to the ceremony of pouring olive oil on the followers of the Lord right before they were baptized or it may refer to the gift of the Holy Spirit which they were given at baptism (see verse 27).
2.20 now all of you understand: Some manuscripts have “you understand all things.”