1Jo 2:21 | RWP | e4.org | I have not written ( ουκ εγραψα ). Not epistolary aorist ( ), but a reference to what he has just said. And because no lie is of the truth ( κα οτ παν ψευδος εκ της αληθειας ουκ εστιν ). Not certain whether οτ here is causal (because) or declarative (that). Either makes sense. Note the idiomatic use of εκ and παν--ουκ=ουδεν (no) as in verse .

‏ 1 John 2:21

I have not written ( ουκ εγραψα ). Not epistolary aorist (2:14), but a reference to what he has just said.

And because no lie is of the truth ( κα οτ παν ψευδος εκ της αληθειας ουκ εστιν ). Not certain whether οτ here is causal (because) or declarative (that). Either makes sense. Note the idiomatic use of εκ and παν--ουκ=ουδεν (no) as in verse 19.