1 John 2:19-21

New Century Version

¹⁹These enemies of Christ were in our fellowship, but they left us. They never really belonged to us; if they had been a part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, and this shows that none of them really belonged to us.

²⁰You have the gift^[a] that the Holy One gave you, so you all know the truth.^[b] ²¹I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know the truth. And you know that no lie comes from the truth.

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Footnotes

2:20 gift This might mean the Holy Spirit, or it might mean teaching or truth as in verse 24.
2:20 you . . . truth Some Greek copies read “so you know all things.”