Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father.
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.
Moffatt New Testament
No one who disowns the Son can possess the Father: he who confesses the Son possesses the Father as well.
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.
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 a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ. 23 No one who disowns the Son has the Father. He who acknowledges the Son has also the Father. 24 As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.
Names
Cross References
1 John 4:15
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with God.
John 8:19
"Where is your Father?" they asked. "You know my Father as little as you know me." He replied; "if you knew me, you would know my Father also."
Matthew 11:27
"All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
Luke 10:22
All things are delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, nor who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son may choose to reveal Him."
John 5:23
that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.
John 10:30
I and the Father are one."
John 14:9-10
"Have I been so long among you," Jesus answered, "and yet you, Philip, do not know me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can *you* ask me, 'Cause us to see the Father'?
John 15:23-24
He who hates me hates my Father also.
1 John 2:22
Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son is the anti-Christ.
1 John 5:1
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God; and every one who loves the Father loves also Him who is the Father's Child.
2 John 1:9-11
No one has God, who instead of remaining true to the teaching of Christ, presses on in advance: but he who remains true to that teaching has both the Father and the Son.