Jesus Our Advocate
1 John 2:4
In 9 translations
- BSB
- If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- KJV
- He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- WEB
- One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
- ASV
- He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
- LSV
- he who is saying, “I have known Him,” and is not keeping His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
- YLT
- 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;
- DBY
- He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
- DRC
- He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- GNV
- Hee that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commandements, is a liar, and the trueth is not in him.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ὅτι (“that”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ὅτι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅτι; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ λέγων ὅτι Ἔγνωκα αὐτὸν καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν ψεύστης ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν·
- RP2018
- Ὁ λέγων, Ἔγνωκα αὐτόν, καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν, ψεύστης ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν·
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ λέγων, Ἔγνωκα αὐτόν, καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν, ψεύστης ἐστί, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν·
- SCR1894
- ο λεγων εγνωκα αυτον και τας εντολας αυτου μη τηρων ψευστης εστιν και εν τουτω η αληθεια ουκ εστιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 John 1:6If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- James 2:14–16What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm…
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
- 1 John 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- Hosea 8:2–3Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!” But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
- 1 John 1:10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
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