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


In Context

20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.

22 Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son.

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

24 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

25 And this is what he promised us--even eternal life.

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:23Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has 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.