1 John
1 John 2:20–21
20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.c 21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
Footnotes
- c 2:20 BYZ and TR and you know all things
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 John 2:20
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| however | Καὶ | Kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| have | ἔχετε | echete | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G2192 I have, hold, possess |
| anointing | χρῖσμα | chrisma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5545 an anointing |
| from | ἀπὸ | apo | Preposition | G575 from, away from |
| the | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| Holy | Ἁγίου | Hagiou | Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular | G40 set apart, holy, sacred |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| all of you know the truth | οἴδατε | oidate | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
1 John 2:21
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I have not written | ἔγραψα | egrapsa | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular | G1125 I write |
| to you | ὑμῖν | hymin | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| you lack knowledge | οἴδατε | oidate | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| of the | τὴν | tēn | Article - Accusative Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| truth | ἀλήθειαν | alētheian | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G225 truth |
| but | ἀλλ’ | all’ | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| you have | οἴδατε | oidate | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| it | αὐτήν | autēn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| because | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| no | οὐκ | ouk | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| lie | ψεῦδος | pseudos | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G5579 a lie |
| comes | ἔστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| from | ἐκ | ek | Preposition | G1537 from out, out from among, from |
| the | τῆς | tēs | Article - Genitive Feminine Singular | G3588 the |
| truth | ἀληθείας | alētheias | Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular | G225 truth |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 John 2:20 1 John 2:27 · John 14:26 · 2 Corinthians 1:21–22 · Isaiah 61:1 · Psalm 23:5 · Proverbs 28:5 · Acts 10:38 · John 16:13 · Hebrews 1:9 · 1 John 4:13 · John 10:4–5 · Psalm 45:7
1 John 2:21 2 Peter 1:12 · Jude 1:5 · Proverbs 1:5 · Romans 15:14–15 · Proverbs 9:8–9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.