1 John 2:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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:
  • 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 does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit?
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now.
  • 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?
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 Israel shall cry to me, 'My God, we know you.' 3 Israel has cast off what 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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    3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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    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.

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    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.

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    10 If 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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    20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

    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.

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

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    24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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    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?

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    2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

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

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    6 And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

    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.

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    6 We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

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    24 He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

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