4He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;


In Context

1 My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

4 He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

5 but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

6 He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also so to walk.

1 John 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4He who saith that he knoweth him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4One who says, |I know him,| and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4he who is saying, 'I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.