1Jo 2:21-26 | ESV | STEP | I write to you , not because you do not know the truth , but because you know it , and because no lie is of the truth .

b[See ver. 18 above]

1 John 2:21-26

21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but ^ahe who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ^bthe antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 ^cNo one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let ^dwhat you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^eyou too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us ^{▼▼Some manuscripts you}— ^geternal life.

26 I write these things to you about ^hthose who are trying to deceive you.