1 John 2:23 “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses…”

1 John 2:23

Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

American Standard Version

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

Geneva Bible 1599

Whosoeuer denyeth the Sonne, the same hath not the Father.

Darby Translation

Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Young's Literal Translation

every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, [he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.]

Bible in Basic English

He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.

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Cross references

“denieth”

1 John 4:15 John 8:19 John 5:23 John 10:30 2 John 1:9–11 Matthew 11:27

1 John 4:15 · BSB

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

John 8:19 · BSB

“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

John 5:23 · BSB

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

John 10:30 · BSB

I and the Father are one.”

2 John 1:9–11 · BSB

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

Matthew 11:27 · BSB

All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

Also

1 John 5:1

1 John 5:1 · BSB

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

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