1 John 2:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πᾶς ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν Υἱὸν, οὐδὲ τὸν Πατέρα ἔχει: [ὁ ὁμολογῶν τὸν Υἱὸν καὶ τὸν Πατέρα ἔχει].

Transliteration

Everyone arnoumenos the Huion, oude the Patera echei: [the one homologōn the Huion and the Patera echei].

Grammar Details

*arnoumenos*: present, participle, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - denying
*Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son
*oude*: negative conjunction - neither/nor/not even
*Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - Father
*echei*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - has/holds
*homologōn*: present, participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - confessing/acknowledging

Word Meanings

*arnoumenos*: denying/refusing/disowning/rejecting
*Huion*: Son/offspring/descendant
*oude*: neither/nor/not even/also not
*echei*: has/holds/possesses/maintains relationship with
*homologōn*: confessing/acknowledging/professing/admitting

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 John 4:15 : 15 Whosoever {G302} shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
John 8:19 : 19 They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know {G302} my Father also.
John 10:30 : 30 I and the Father are one.
John 14:9-9 : 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; {G2532} how sayest thou, Show us the Father? 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father {G3588} abiding in me doeth his works.
John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
1 John 2:22 : 22 Who is the liar but he that denieth {G3756} that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 5:1 : 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever {G3588} loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 John 1:9-9 : 9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, {G5547} the same hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting: 11 for he that giveth him greeting partaketh in his evil works.
Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, save the Father; neither does any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomever the Son willeth to reveal him.
Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save {G3361} the Father; and who the Father is, save {G3361} the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him].
John 5:23 : 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 John 2:21-22
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21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no {G3956} lie is of the truth.
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9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, {G5547} the same hath both the Father and the Son.
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1 John 5:9-13
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9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
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22For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;
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John 3:35-36
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Luke 10:22
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