1 John 2:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who says“I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 Faith and Works Together What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If anyone says“I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 Israel cries out to me,“My God, we acknowledge you!” 3 But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

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  • 1 John 2:3
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    3Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

    6The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

  • John 8:55
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    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say 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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    20Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

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

    22Who 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.

    23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
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    20If anyone says“I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

    21And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

    3For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

  • 1 John 1:8
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    8If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

  • 1 John 1:6
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    6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.

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

    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!

    8Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

    9Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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

    7God is Love Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.

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

  • John 14:24
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    24The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

    3But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

  • 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 whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin.

  • John 14:15
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    15Teaching on the Holy Spirit“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

  • John 14:21
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    21The person who has my commandments and obeys 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 word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

    19And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence,

  • 1 John 5:10
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    10(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.)

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness– the one who does not love his fellow Christian– is not of God.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.

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

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

  • 1 John 5:18-20
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    18We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.

    19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.

  • 2 Tim 2:13
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    13If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.

  • John 3:11
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    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • 1 John 4:12-13
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    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

    13By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.

  • Luke 6:46
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    46“Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?

  • Matt 25:12
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    12But he replied,‘I tell you the truth, I do not know you!’

  • 1 John 2:9
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    9The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.