1 John 2:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who{G5101} is{G2076} the liar{G5583} but{G1487} he that{G3754} denieth{G720} {G3756} that{G3754} Jesus{G2424} is{G2076} the Christ?{G5547} This is{G2076} the antichrist,{G500} [even] he that{G3778} denieth{G720} the Father{G3962} and{G2532} the Son.{G5207}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Who{G5101} is{G2076}{(G5748)} a liar{G5583} but{G1508} he that denieth{G720}{(G5740)} that{G3754} Jesus{G2424} is{G2076}{(G5748)}{G3756} the Christ{G5547}? He{G3778} is{G2076}{(G5748)} antichrist{G500}, that denieth{G720}{(G5740)} the Father{G3962} and{G2532} the Son{G5207}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Who is a lyar: but he that denyeth that Iesus is Christ? The same is the Antichrist that denyeth the father and the sonne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Who is a lyar, but he yt denyeth yt Iesus is Christ? The same is ye Antichrist, yt denyeth the father & ye sonne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Who is a liar, but he that denyeth that Iesus is that Christ? the same is that Antichrist that denyeth the Father and the Sonne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Who is a lyer, but he that denieth that Iesus is Christe? The same is antichrist that denyeth the father and the sonne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Who 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 John 1:7 : 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
  • 1 John 4:3 : 3 And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and even now it is already in the world.
  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lewdness 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, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • 1 Cor 12:2-3 : 2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these mute idols, even as you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus cursed, and that no one can say that Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 John 2:4 : 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep 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 practice the truth:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 84%

    23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

    24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

  • 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

  • 2 John 1:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

    8 Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we have worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

    9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 2:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

  • 1 John 4:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

    3 And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and even now it is already in the world.

  • 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he does not believe the testimony that God has given of His Son.

  • John 8:44-45
    2 verses
    71%

    44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

    45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me.

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

  • 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

  • 1 John 5:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

  • 18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

  • 1 John 3:4-8
    5 verses
    69%

    4 Whoever commits sin also transgresses the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

    5 And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

    6 Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

    7 Little children, let no one deceive you: he who does righteousness is righteous, just as he is righteous.

    8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

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

  • 69%

    32 Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

    33 But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

  • 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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

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

  • 69%

    19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

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

  • 1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

  • 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

  • 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I do not lie.

  • 20 If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

  • 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  • 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come unless there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

  • 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.

  • 21 And then if anyone says to you, Look, here is Christ; or, Look, he is there; do not believe it:

  • 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, I am not the Christ.

  • 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.

  • 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • 36 Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?

  • 23 He who hates me hates my Father also.

  • 23 Then if anyone says to you, Look, here is Christ, or there, do not believe it.

  • 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

  • 18 He who believes in him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.