1 John 2:23

²¹ I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

²² Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

²⁴ Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁵ And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
KJV: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
WEB: Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
ASV: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
DARBY: Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
BLB: Everyone denying the Son, neither does he have the Father. The one confessing the Son has the Father also.

ÅB: Hver den som nekter Sønnen, har heller ikke Faren; den som bekjenner Sønnen, har og Faren.
OTB: Den som fornekter Sønnen, har ikke Faderen; den som bekjenner Sønnen, har også Faderen.
B1930: Hver den som nekter Sønnen, har heller ikke Faderen; den som bekjenner Sønnen, har og Faderen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 4:15
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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John 8:19
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
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John 5:23
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
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John 10:30
I and my Father are one.
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John 15:23–24
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
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2 John 1:9–11
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
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1 John 5:1
Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
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John 14:9–10
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
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