1 John 2:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ No one denying the Son has the Father. The one confessing the Son has the Father as well.

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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.

1 John 2:23 Cross References

Matthew 11:27

“All have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.

Luke 10:22

“All has been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son wishes to reveal Him.”

John 10:30

“I and My Father are one.”

John 16:3

“And this they shall do to you because they did not know the Father, nor Me.

John 17:3

“And this is everlasting life, that they should know You, the only true Elohim, and יהושע  Messiah whom You have sent.

John 5:23

that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He who does not value the Son does not value the Father who sent Him.

John 8:19

Therefore they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?” יהושע  answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would have known My Father also.”

1 John 2:22

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.

1 John 4:15

Whoever confesses that יהושע  is the Son of Elohim, Elohim stays in him, and he in Elohim.

1 John 4:2

By this you know the Spirit of Elohim: Every spirit that confesses that יהושע  Messiah has come in the flesh is of Elohim,

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.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of Elohim has come and has given us an understanding, so that we might know the true One. And we are in the true One, in His Son יהושע  Messiah. This is the true Elohim and everlasting life.