23Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.


In Context

20 And ye have the unction from the holy one, and ye know all things.

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

22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is the antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

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

24 As for you let that which ye have heard from the beginning abide in you: if what ye have heard from the beginning abides in you, ye also shall abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.

1 John 2:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:23Whoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also.