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


In Context

1 My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

3 And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

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

5 But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.

6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4He that says, I know him, and does not keep 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.