1 John 2:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψεύστης εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀρνούμενος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Χριστός; οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν Πατέρα καὶ τὸν Υἱόν.

Transliteration

Who estin the pseustēs ei mē the one arnoumenos that Iēsous not estin the Christos? This estin the antichristos, the one arnoumenos the Patera and the Huion.

Grammar Details

*estin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person singular - is
*pseustēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - liar
*ei mē*: conditional phrase - if not/except
*arnoumenos*: present, participle, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - denying
*Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
*antichristos*: nominative, masculine, singular - antichrist
*Patera*: accusative, masculine, singular - Father
*Huion*: accusative, masculine, singular - Son

Word Meanings

*pseustēs*: liar/deceiver/false person
*ei mē*: if not/except/unless/but
*arnoumenos*: denying/refusing/disowning/rejecting
*Christos*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
*antichristos*: antichrist/opponent of Christ
*Huion*: Son/offspring/descendant

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 John 1:7 : 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
1 John 4:3 : 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1 John 2:18 : 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev 3:9 : 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
1 Cor 12:2-3 : 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 John 2:4 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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