Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 John 2:21

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21. but because ye know it, and that, &c.—Ye not only know what is the truth (concerning the Son and the Father, :- ), but also are able to detect a lie as a thing opposed to the truth. For right (a straight line) is the index of itself and of what is crooked [ESTIUS]. The Greek is susceptible of ALFORD'S translation, "Because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth" (literally, "every lie is excluded from being of the truth"). I therefore wrote (in this Epistle) to point out what the lie is, and who the liars are. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-22" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1jn-2-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/1jn-2-21

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological