1 John 2:4

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Anyone who claims, 'I have come to know Him,' but does not keep His commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in them.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, keep warm and be well fed,' but does not provide for their physical needs, what good is it?
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 They cry out to me, 'My God, we know you, O Israel!' 3 Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue him.
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

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  • 1 John 2:3
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    3We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    83%

    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

    6Whoever says they abide in Him must also walk as He walked.

  • John 8:55
    81%

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.

  • 1 John 1:10
    78%

    10If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  • 1 John 2:20-23
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    77%

    20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

    21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

    22Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.

    23No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son also has the Father.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20If anyone says, 'I love God,' but hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For the one who does not love their brother or sister whom they have seen cannot love God whom they have not seen.

    21And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

    3For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • 1 John 1:6
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    6If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

    7Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.

  • 2 John 1:6-9
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    6And this is love: that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

    8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

    9Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
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    6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  • John 14:24
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    24The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2If anyone thinks they know something, they do not yet know as they ought to know.

    3But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

  • John 5:42
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    42But I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17So, if anyone knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

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

  • John 14:21
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    21The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

  • 1 John 5:10
    72%

    10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son.

  • 1 John 3:10
    70%

    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

  • 1 John 3:4
    70%

    4Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

  • John 15:10
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    10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

  • 1 John 4:16
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    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

  • 1 John 5:18-20
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    18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.

    19We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.

    20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • 2 Tim 2:13
    70%

    13If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers and sisters. The one who does not love remains in death.

  • John 3:11
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    11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

  • 1 John 4:12-13
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    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • Luke 6:46
    69%

    46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

  • Matt 25:12
    69%

    12But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

  • 1 John 2:9
    68%

    9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates their brother or sister is still in the darkness.