1 John 2:23

Good News Translation

For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also.

Cross References

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 16:3

People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.

John 17:3

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

John 8:19

“Where is your father?” they asked him. “You know neither me nor my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

1 John 2:22

Who, then, is the liar? It is those who say that Jesus is not the Messiah. Such people are the Enemy of Christ—they reject both the Father and the Son.

1 John 4:15

If we declare that Jesus is the Son of God, we live in union with God and God lives in union with us.

1 John 4:2

This is how you will be able to know whether it is God's Spirit: anyone who acknowledges that Jesus Christ came as a human being has the Spirit who comes from God.

1 John 5:1

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Messiah is a child of God; and whoever loves a father loves his child also.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we know the true God. We live in union with the true God—in union with his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and this is eternal life.