1 John 2:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”

1 John 2:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 John 2:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 John 2:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.”

1 John 2:20 — World English Bible

1 John 2:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things. ”

1 John 2:20 — American Standard Version

1 John 2:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;”

1 John 2:20 — Young's Literal Translation

1 John 2:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And ye have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things. ”

1 John 2:20 — Darby Translation

1 John 2:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But ye haue an ointment from that Holy one, and know all things.”

1 John 2:20 — Geneva Bible

1 John 2:20 in Context — 1 John 2

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

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.

22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

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What Does 1 John 2:20 Mean?

1 John 2:20 is a verse from the Book of 1 John, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 John chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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