1 John 2:4

God's Word

The person who says, “I know him,” but doesn’t obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn’t in that person.

Cross References

John 8:44

You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.

Titus 1:10

There are many believers, especially converts from Judaism, who are rebellious. They speak nonsense and deceive people.

Titus 1:16

They claim to know God, but they deny him by what they do. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit to do anything good.

1 John 1:10

If we say, “We have never sinned,” we turn God into a liar and his Word is not in us.

1 John 1:6

If we say, “We have a relationship with God” and yet live in the dark, we’re lying. We aren’t being truthful.

1 John 1:8

If we say, “We aren’t sinful” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 2:3

We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments.

1 John 2:9

Those who say that they are in the light but hate other believers are still in the dark.

1 John 3:6

Those who live in Christ don’t go on sinning. Those who go on sinning haven’t seen or known Christ.

1 John 4:20

Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates another believer is a liar. People who don’t love other believers, whom they have seen, can’t love God, whom they have not seen.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, we must love each other because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born from God and knows God.