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Welcome to the Hope Bible School verse-by-verse Bible study of 1 John. This is Jeff M Newman. Get a new lesson every other week on Mondays at 12:00 PM Pacific.

In Lesson 54, we are going to study the last part of 1 John 2:20.

Let’s read this part of the verse.

1 John 2:20...and all of you know the truth.

Now, let’s go over the definitions of the words.

And (2532. kai) means even, also, or namely.

All of you know the truth (1492. eidó) (3956. pas) refers to a Spirit-revealed understanding of the truth, granted to every believer through their anointing by the Holy Spirit. This is a shared revelation given to the church by the Spirit and serves to guard believers against deception.

In Lesson 53 we learned about the anointing that you received when you believed in Jesus. When you were anointed, the Holy Spirit came to dwell within you.

The Holy Spirit has equipped you with knowledge through divine revelation. This knowledge enables you to discern truth from falsehood and to recognize and avoid the false teachings of the antichrists in the world.

This discernment is not attained through human effort, external sources, or worldly reasoning. It is a divinely implanted gift, granted through the anointing of the Holy One. This knowledge flows from the Spirit’s work within believers—rooted in God’s truth, not human wisdom.

Let’s explore some Bible verses that will help you understand the knowledge gained through being anointed by the Holy One and having the Holy Spirit dwell within you.

In Jeremiah 31:33-34, the Lord promises Israel a new covenant, ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ. He declares, “I will put My law in their minds and write it on their hearts.” This is a transformative work where God’s truth becomes internalized through relationship, not mere external adherence.

This prophecy foreshadows the Holy Spirit’s role under the new covenant. As 1 John 2:20, explains, believers receive an anointing from the Holy One, granting them Spirit-implanted understanding of God’s truth. The indwelling Spirit fulfills Jeremiah’s promise, enabling believers to know God intimately and obey Him from the heart.

Jeremiah 31:33-34 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

In John 14:26, Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit—the Advocate—will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you. In 1 John 2:20, we learn this same Spirit grants believers an anointing, imparting divine discernment to recognize God’s truth and reject fal