Beware of Antichrists
1 John 2:23
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
- KJV
- Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
- WEB
- Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.MT omits: He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
- ASV
- Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
- LSV
- everyone who is denying the Son, neither has the Father; he who is confessing the Son has the Father also.
- YLT
- every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, [he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.]
- DBY
- Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
- DRC
- Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also.
- GNV
- Whosoeuer denyeth the Sonne, the same hath not the Father.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Greek reading followed by the King James Version include ὁ ὁμολογῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἔχει.¶ (“The [one] confessing the Son also the Father has”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ὁ ὁμολογῶν … ἔχει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὁ ὁμολογῶν … ἔχει; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- πᾶς ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν υἱὸν οὐδὲ τὸν πατέρα ἔχει· ὁ ὁμολογῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἔχει.
- RP2018
- Πᾶς ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν υἱὸν οὐδὲ τὸν πατέρα ἔχει.
- TR-Boyd
- Πᾶς ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν υἱὸν οὐδὲ τὸν πατέρα ἔχει.ἔχει. ¦ ἔχει· ὁ ὁμολογῶν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα ἔχει. SCR
- SCR1894
- πας ο αρνουμενος τον υιον ουδε τον πατερα εχει ο ομολογων τον υιον και τον πατερα εχει
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 John 4:15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- John 8:19“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
- John 5:23so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
- 2 John 1:9–11Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not…
- John 15:23–24Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
- 1 John 5:1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
- John 14:9–10Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father…
- Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
- 1 John 2:22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
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