²⁰But you are not like that, for the Holy One has given you his Spirit,#2:20 Greek But you have an anointing from the Holy One. and all of you know the truth. ²¹So I am writing to you not because you don’t know the truth but because you know the difference between truth and lies. ²²And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ.#2:22a Or not the Messiah. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.#2:22b Or the antichrist. ²³Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.