1 John 2:4

Weymouth NT

He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.

Cross References

John 8:44

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth–for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Titus 1:10

For there are many that spurn authority–idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God; but in their actions they disown Him, and are detestable and disobedient men, and for any good work are utterly useless.

1 John 1:10

If we deny that we have sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Message has no place in our hearts.

1 John 1:6

If, while we are living in darkness, we profess to have fellowship with Him, we speak falsely and are not adhering to the truth.

1 John 1:8

If we claim to be already free from sin, we lead ourselves astray and the truth has no place in our hearts.

1 John 2:3

And by this we may know that we know Him–if we obey His commands.

1 John 2:9

Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his brother man is still in darkness.

1 John 3:6

No one who continues in union with Him lives in sin: no one who lives in sin has seen Him or knows Him.

1 John 4:20

If any one says that he loves God, while he hates his brother man, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:7

Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.