1 John 2:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If we reject the Son, we reject the Father. But if we say that we accept the Son, we have the Father.

Cross References

Matthew 11:27

My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.

Luke 10:22

My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who really knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.

John 10:30

and I am one with the Father.

John 16:3

They will do these things because they don't know either the Father or me.

John 17:3

Eternal life is to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

John 5:23

The Father wants all people to honour the Son as much as they honour him. When anyone refuses to honour the Son, that is the same as refusing to honour the Father who sent him.

John 8:19

“Where is your Father?” they asked. “You don't know me or my Father!” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father.”

1 John 2:22

And a liar is anyone who says that Jesus isn't truly Christ. Anyone who says this is an enemy of Christ and rejects both the Father and the Son.

1 John 4:15

God stays united with everyone who openly says that Jesus is the Son of God. That's how we stay united with God

1 John 4:2

and you can know which ones come from God. His Spirit says that Jesus Christ had a truly human body.

1 John 5:1

If we believe that Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.

1 John 5:20

We know that Jesus Christ the Son of God has come and has shown us the true God. And because of Jesus, we now belong to the true God who gives eternal life.