1 John 2:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
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“If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“he who is saying, `I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 2:4 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 8:2Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”
- Titus 1:16They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- James 2:14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
- 1 John 1:6If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 1:10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
- 1 John 2:9If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother, he is still in the darkness.
- 1 John 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
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