1 John 2:4

Good News Translation

If we say that we know him, but do not obey his commands, we are liars and there is no truth in us.

Cross References

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Titus 1:10

For there are many, especially the converts from Judaism, who rebel and deceive others with their nonsense.

Titus 1:16

They claim that they know God, but their actions deny it. They are hateful and disobedient, not fit to do anything good.

1 John 1:10

If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.

1 John 1:6

If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

1 John 1:8

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

1 John 2:3

If we obey God's commands, then we are sure that we know him.

1 John 2:9

If we say that we are in the light, yet hate others, we are in the darkness to this very hour.

1 John 3:6

So everyone who lives in union with Christ does not continue to sin; but whoever continues to sin has never seen him or known him.

1 John 4:20

If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Whoever loves is a child of God and knows God.