1 John 2:23 - Beware of Antichrists (2024)

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New International Version
No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.New Living Translation
Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.English Standard Version
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.Berean Standard Bible
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.Berean Literal Bible
Everyone denying the Son does not have the Father. The one confessing the Son has the Father also.King James Bible
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.New King James Version
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.New American Standard Bible
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.NASB 1995
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.NASB 1977
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.Legacy Standard Bible
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.Amplified Bible
Whoever denies and repudiates the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses and acknowledges the Son has the Father also.Christian Standard Bible
No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.Holman Christian Standard Bible
No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well. American Standard Version
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He who denies The Son also does not believe in The Father; whoever confesses The Son confesses The Father also.Contemporary English Version
If we reject the Son, we reject the Father. But if we say we accept the Son, we have the Father. Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also. English Revised Version
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.GOD'S WORD® Translation
Everyone who rejects the Son doesn't have the Father either. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.Good News Translation
For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also. International Standard Version
No one who denies the Son has the Father. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.Literal Standard Version
everyone who is denying the Son, neither has the Father; he who is confessing the Son has the Father also.Majority Standard Bible
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.New American Bible
No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. NET Bible
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also. New Revised Standard Version
No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.New Heart English Bible
Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.Weymouth New Testament
No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father.World English Bible
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. Young's Literal Translation
every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.Additional Translations ...

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Context

Beware of Antichrists
…22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son. 23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well. 24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.…

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Cross References

1. He comforts them against the sins of infirmity.
3. Rightly to know God is to keep his commandments;
9. to love our brothers;
15. and not to love the world.
18. We must beware of antichrists;
20. from whose deceits the godly are safe, preserved by perseverance in faith, and holiness of life.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 23. - Every one who denieth the Son not only does that, but οὐδέ doth not possess the Father. To deny that Jesus is the Christ is to deny the Son of God, for the Christ is the incarnate Son; and to deny the Son of God is to deny the Father also, for the incarnate Son is the Revelation of the Father; and not only so, but to deny the Son is to cut one's self off from the Father, for "no one knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him." To emphasize this great truth St. John uses his favourite motive of stating it both negatively and positively. To deny the Son is not to have the Father; to confess the Son is to have the Father (comp. 1 John 1:5, 8; 1 John 2:4, 27; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:2, 3, 6, 7, 8; 1 John 5:12). Note the solemn asyndeta. There is not a single connecting particle in verses 22-24; the sentences fall on the ear like minute-guns. "Every one that denieth." There is no exception. Even an apostle, if he denies that Jesus is the Christ. thereby also loses all possession of the Father. The history of philosophy verifies the statement. Deism has ever a tendency to end in pantheism or atheism. Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

Whoever
πᾶς (pas)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

denies
ἀρνούμενος (arnoumenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 720: Perhaps from a and the middle voice of rheo; to contradict, i.e. Disavow, reject, abnegate.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Son
Υἱὸν (Huion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

does not have
ἔχει (echei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father;
Πατέρα (Patera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

whoever
ὁ (ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

confesses
ὁμολογῶν (hom*ologōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3670: From a compound of the base of hom*ou and logos; to assent, i.e. Covenant, acknowledge.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Son
Υἱὸν (Huion)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.

has
ἔχει (echei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father
Πατέρα (Patera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

as well.
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

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1 John 2:23 - Beware of Antichrists (2024)

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