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1 John 2:23

Whoever denies the Son, does not have the Father: he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

In Context

22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

24As for you, let that abide in you which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall abide in you, you shall also abide in the Son, and in the Father.

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Cross References

Luke 10:22All things have been given to me by my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

John 8:19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me, nor my Father: if you had known me, you would have known my Father also.

John 14:9Jesus said to him, Have I been so long with you, and yet you do not know me, Philip? he who has seen me has seen the Father; and how then do you say, Show us the Father?

1 John 2:22Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

1 John 5:1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one who loves the parent also loves the child.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:21-28

Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard… Read the whole commentary →

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