1 John 2:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ No one who [habitually] denies (disowns) the Son even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

Common English Bible

²³ Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father, but the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ No one who denies the Son also has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son, also has the Father.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also.

1 John 2:23 Cross References

Matthew 11:27

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Luke 10:22

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

John 16:3

And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

John 5:23

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 8:19

They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

1 John 2:22

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.

1 John 4:15

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

1 John 4:2

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

1 John 5:1

Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God, and every one who loves the parent loves the child.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to 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.