1 John 2:22 - The Scriptures 1998

²² Who is the liar, except the one denying that יהושע  is the Messiah? This is the anti-messiah, the one denying the Father and the Son.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Who is [such a] liar as he who denies that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)? He is the antichrist (the antagonist of Christ), who [habitually] denies and refuses to acknowledge the Father and the Son.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.

Common English Bible

²² Who is the liar? Isn’t it the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This person is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Who is a liar, other than he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the Antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

1 John 2:22 Cross References

Matthew 24:24

“For false messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and they shall show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

Matthew 24:5

“For many shall come in My Name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they shall lead many astray.

John 8:44

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

1 John 1:6

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and are not doing the truth.

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have come. This is how we know that it is the last hour.

1 John 2:23

No one denying the Son has the Father. The one confessing the Son has the Father as well.

1 John 2:4

The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 4:20

If someone says, “I love Elohim,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love Elohim whom he has not seen?

1 John 4:3

and every spirit that does not confess that יהושע  Messiah has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. And this is the spirit of the anti-messiah which you heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that יהושע  is the Messiah has been born of Elohim, and everyone who loves the One bringing forth also loves the one having been born of Him.

2 John 1:7

Because many who are leading astray went out into the world who do not confess יהושע  Messiah as coming in the flesh. This one is he who is leading astray and the anti-messiah.

Jude 1:4

For certain men have slipped in, whose judgment was written about long ago, wicked ones perverting the favour of our Elohim for indecency, and denying the only Master יהוה  and our Master יהושע  Messiah.

Revelation 3:9

“See, I am giving up those of the congregation of Satan, who say they are Yehuḏ