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1 John 2:211John.2.21

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je vous ai écrit, non que vous ne connaissiez pas la vérité, mais parce que vous la connaissez, et parce qu'aucun mensonge ne vient de la vérité.

KJV

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Patristic reading

1
  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ἑωράθη, ἀλλὰ σχεδὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γενεᾶς, πρὸς τῷ τέλει τῆς Δομετιανοῦ ἀρχῆς.” Iren. 3, 16, 5. 8 [1 John 2, 18- 22. 4. 1-3. 5. 1]Iren. 4, 9, 2. 5, 7, 2. 4, 16, 5 [1 Peter 1, 8. 2, 16] Iren. 4, 20, 2[Herm. mand. 1] Ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τῆς Ἀποκαλύψεως ἱστόρηται τῷ δεδηλωμένῳ· μέμνητα…

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