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21 I write to you not because you are ignorant and do not perceive and know the Truth, but because you do perceive and know it, and [know positively] that nothing false (no deception, no lie) is of the Truth.

22 Who is [such a] liar as he who denies that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)? He is the antichrist (the antagonist of Christ), who [[a]habitually] denies and refuses to acknowledge the Father and the Son.

23 No one who [[b]habitually] denies (disowns) the Son [c]even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also.

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  1. 1 John 2:22 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  2. 1 John 2:23 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. 1 John 2:23 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(A) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(B) 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.(C)

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