Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
No one who disowns the Son can possess the Father: he who confesses the Son possesses the Father as well.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Holman Bible
No one who denies the Son can have the Father;
International Standard Version
No one who denies the Son has the Father. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
A Conservative Version
Every man who denies the Son, also does not have the Father.
American Standard Version
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
Amplified
Whoever denies and repudiates the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses and acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
An Understandable Version
Every person who denies [the truth about] the Son [See 4:2-3], does not have the Father [living in his heart]; but, the person who confesses [the truth about] the Son has the Father [living in his heart] also.
Anderson New Testament
"Whoever denies the Son, has not the Father: he that con fesses the Son, has the Father also.
Bible in Basic English
He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.
Common New Testament
No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
Daniel Mace New Testament
whosoever denieth the son, disowns the father:
Darby Translation
Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Whoever denies the Son, does not acknowledge the Father.
Godbey New Testament
No one denying the Son has the Father: the one confessing the Son has also the Father.
Goodspeed New Testament
No one who disowns the Son can have the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father too.
John Wesley New Testament
Whosoever denieth the Son, he hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath the Father also.
Julia Smith Translation
Every one denying the Son, neither has the Father: he acknowledging the Son, has also the Father.
King James 2000
Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: [but] he that confesses the Son has the Father also.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father [either]; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Modern King James verseion
Everyone who denies the Son neither has the Father. The one confessing the Son also has the Father.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whosoever denieth the son, the same hath not the father.
Montgomery New Testament
Whoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father; but he who confesses the Son has the Father also. As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning abide in you.
NET Bible
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person 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.
Noyes New Testament
Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath also the Father.
Sawyer New Testament
No one that denies the Son has the Father; he that confesses the Son has the Father also.
The Emphasized Bible
Whosoever denieth the Son, neither hath he, the Father: He that confesseth the Son, hath, the Father also.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Every one that denieth the Son, neither doth he hold the Father; but he that acknowledgeth the Son, holdeth the Father also.
Twentieth Century New Testament
No one who rejects the Son has found the Father; he who acknowledges the Son has found the Father also.
Webster
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.
Williams New Testament
No one who disowns the Son can have the Father. Whoever owns the Son has the Father too.
World English Bible
Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Worrell New Testament
Every one who denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Worsley New Testament
for whosoever denieth the Son, hath not the Father: but he that confesseth the Son acknowledgeth the Father also.
Youngs Literal Translation
every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.
Themes
Acknowledgment » Those that acknowledge Christ
Christ » Compassion of » Confession of
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Who shall have confidence when the lord comes
Confessing Christ » The duty of
Confessing Christ » A test of being saints
Confession » Those that confess jesus Christ
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
References
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 2:23
Images 1 John 2:23
Prayers for 1 John 2:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Departure Of The False Teachers
22 Who is the real liar? who but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is 'antichrist,' he who disowns the Father and the Son. 23 No one who disowns the Son can possess the Father: he who confesses the Son possesses the Father as well. 24 Let that remain in you which you learned from the very beginning; if what you learned from the very beginning remains with you, then you will remain in the Son and in the Father.
Names
Cross References
1 John 4:15
Whoever confesses that 'Jesus is the Son of God,' in him God remains, and he remains in God;
John 8:19
"Where is your Father?" they said. Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father; if you had known me you would have known my Father also."
Matthew 11:27
All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father ??nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Luke 10:22
"All has been handed over to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
John 5:23
that all men may honour the Son as they honour the Father. (He who does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who sent him.)
John 10:30
I and my Father are one ??."
John 14:9-10
Jesus said to him, "Philip, have I been with you all this time, and yet you do not understand me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. What do you mean by saying, 'Let us see the Father'?
1 John 2:22
Who is the real liar? who but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is 'antichrist,' he who disowns the Father and the Son.
1 John 5:1
Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and everyone who loves the Father, loves the sons born of him.
2 John 1:9-11
Anyone who is 'advanced' and will not remain by the doctrine of Christ, does not possess God: he who remains by the doctrine of Christ possesses both the Father and the Son.