οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν (1 John 2:21)

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Title:  I Did Not Write to You Because You Did Not Know the Truth

The text is, “οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀλλ’ ὅτι οἴδατε αὐτὴν καὶ ὅτι πᾶν ψεῦδος ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἔστιν”.

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

ἔγραψα -> first person, singular, aorist, active, indicative verb -> I did write

ὑμῖν -> second person, personal, plural, dative pronoun -> to you

ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> because

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

οἴδατε -> second person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb -> you did knew

τὴν -> feminine, singular, accusative article -> the

ἀλήθειαν -> feminine, singular, accusative noun -> truth

ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but

ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> that

οἴδατε -> second person, plural, perfect, active, indicative verb -> you knew

αὐτὴν -> third person, personal, feminine, singular, accusative pronoun -> it

καὶ -> coordinating additive conjunction -> and

ὅτι -> subordinating causative conjunction -> that

πᾶν -> neuter, singular, nominative adjective -> every

ψεῦδος -> neuter, singular, nominative noun -> lie

ἐκ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> of

τῆς -> feminine, singular, genitive article -> the

ἀληθείας -> feminine, singular, genitive noun -> truth

οὐκ -> negative particle -> not

ἔστιν -> third person, singular, present, indicative verb -> is

The meaning of this verse is,

I did not write to you because you did not know the truth, but that you knew it, and that no lie is of the truth.

οὐκ ἔγραψα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν ἀλήθειαν (1 John 2:21) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.