1 John 2:23

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Whoever does not believe in the Son does not have the Father, but whoever accepts the Son has the Father too.

Cross References

1 John 4:15

Anyone who says, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God,” is a person who lives in God, and God lives in that person.

John 8:19

The people asked, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You don’t know me or my Father. But if you knew me, you would know my Father too.”

John 10:30

The Father and I are one.”

John 5:23

God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. Anyone who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. He is the one who sent the Son.

1 John 5:1

The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God’s children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is—only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people who will know about the Father are those the Son chooses to tell.”

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me everything. No one knows the Son—only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father—only the Son knows the Father. And the only people who will know about the Father are those the Son chooses to tell.

1 John 2:22

So who is the liar? It is the one who says Jesus is not the Messiah. Whoever says that is the enemy of Christ—the one who does not believe in the Father or in his Son.

John 16:3

They will do this because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that they can know Jesus Christ, the one you sent.

1 John 4:2

This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit. One spirit says, “I believe that Jesus is the Messiah who came to earth and became a man.” That Spirit is from God.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. So now we can know the one who is true, and we live in that true God. We are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and he is eternal life.