1 John 2:4

American Standard Version (1901)

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you say unto them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled; and yet ye give them not the things needful to the body; what doth it profit?
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

    6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

  • John 8:55
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    55and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 1 John 2:20-23
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    20And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.

    21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

    22Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.

    23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • 1 John 1:6
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

    7[ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

  • 2 John 1:6-9
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    6And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

    7For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

    8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

    9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

  • John 14:24
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    24He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

    3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

  • John 5:42
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    42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

  • John 14:15
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    15If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

  • John 14:21
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

    19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

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    10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

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    10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

  • John 15:10
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

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    16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

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    18We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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    13if we are faithless, he abideth faithful; for he cannot deny himself.

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    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.

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    11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

  • 1 John 4:12-13
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    12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

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    46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

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    12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

  • 1 John 2:9
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    9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now.