New International Version (NIV)
21I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
1 John 2:21
1 John 2:21 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie [nothing false, no deception] is of the truth.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
21I 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
21I haue not written vnto you, because ye knowe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lie is of the trueth.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
21I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
21I’m not writing to you because you don’t know the truth. I’m writing because you do know it. I’m writing to you because no lie comes from the truth.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
21That is why I am writing to you. It is not because you do not yet know God's true message. I am writing to you because you do know that true message. And you can be sure that there are no lies in it.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
21I did not write to you because you have not known the truth, but because you have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.