1 John 2:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell 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 good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? 15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food, 16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!' 3 Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 If we say that we haven't sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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  • 3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

  • 1 John 2:5-6
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    5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

    6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.

  • 55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

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

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    20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know the truth.

    21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

    22 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.

    23 Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • 24 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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    20 If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

    21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

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

    3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

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

  • 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we lie, and don't tell the truth.

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6 Whoever remains in him doesn't sin. Whoever sins hasn't seen him, neither knows him.

    7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

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

    7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

    8 Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

    9 Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
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    6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't 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 of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

    8 He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

  • 24 He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.

    3 But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

  • 42 But I know you, that you don't have God's love in yourselves.

  • 17 To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

  • 15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

  • 21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."

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    18 My little children, let's not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.

    19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,

  • 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn't believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.

  • 10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

  • 4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

  • 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.

  • 16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

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    18 We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.

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

    20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we 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.

  • 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful. He can't deny himself.

  • 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.

  • 11 Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

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    12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

    13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

  • 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?

  • 12 But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'

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