1 John 2:4

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 1:6 : 6 if we may say -- `we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;
  • 1 John 1:8 : 8 if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;
  • Jas 2:14-16 : 14 What `is' the profit, my brethren, if faith, any one may speak of having, and works he may not have? is that faith able to save him? 15 and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food, 16 and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what `is' the profit?
  • Titus 1:16 : 16 God they profess to know, and in the works they deny `Him', being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.
  • 1 John 2:9 : 9 he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;
  • 1 John 4:20 : 20 if any one may say -- `I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love?
  • Hos 8:2-3 : 2 To Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.' 3 Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.
  • 1 John 1:10 : 10 if we may say -- `we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 2:3
    86%

    3and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

  • 1 John 2:5-6
    2 verses
    83%

    5and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

    6He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

  • John 8:55
    81%

    55and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

  • 1 John 1:10
    78%

    10if we may say -- `we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

  • 1 John 2:20-23
    4 verses
    77%

    20And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;

    21I did not write to you because ye have not known the truth, but because ye have known it, and because no lie is of the truth.

    22Who 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;

    23every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, `he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.'

  • 1 John 3:24
    76%

    24and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

  • 1 John 4:20-21
    2 verses
    76%

    20if any one may say -- `I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love?

    21and this `is' the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

    3for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

  • 1 John 1:8
    75%

    8if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

  • 1 John 1:6
    75%

    6if we may say -- `we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk -- we lie, and do not the truth;

  • 1 John 3:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6every one who is remaining in him doth not sin; every one who is sinning, hath not seen him, nor known him.

    7Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

  • 2 John 1:6-9
    4 verses
    74%

    6and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

    7because many leading astray did enter into the world, who are not confessing Jesus Christ coming in flesh; this one is he who is leading astray, and the antichrist.

    8See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

    9every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

  • 1 John 4:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6we -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

    7Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

    8he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

  • John 14:24
    73%

    24he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    72%

    2and if any one doth think to know anything, he hath not yet known anything according as it behoveth `him' to know;

    3and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

  • John 5:42
    72%

    42but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves.

  • Jas 4:17
    72%

    17to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.

  • John 14:15
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    15`If ye love me, my commands keep,

  • John 14:21
    72%

    21he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

  • 1 John 3:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

    19and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

  • 1 John 5:10
    72%

    10He who is believing in the Son of God, hath the testimony in himself; he who is not believing God, a liar hath made Him, because he hath not believed in the testimony that God hath testified concerning His Son;

  • 1 John 3:10
    70%

    10In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

  • 1 John 3:4
    70%

    4Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

  • John 15:10
    70%

    10if my commandments ye may keep, ye shall remain in my love, according as I the commands of my Father have kept, and do remain in His love;

  • 1 John 4:16
    70%

    16and we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

  • 1 John 5:18-20
    3 verses
    70%

    18We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

    19we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

    20and we have known that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a mind, that we may 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 the life age-during!

  • 2 Tim 2:13
    70%

    13if we are not stedfast, he remaineth stedfast; to deny himself he is not able.

  • 1 John 3:14
    70%

    14we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

  • John 3:11
    69%

    11`Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

  • 1 John 4:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

    13in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

  • Luke 6:46
    69%

    46`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

  • Matt 25:12
    69%

    12and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

  • 1 John 2:9
    68%

    9he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now;