1 John 2:21

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1 John 2:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

21 I 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.

22 Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

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Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

Romans 15:14

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Romans 15:15

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2 Peter 1:12

Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.