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


In Context

20 You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.

21 I have not written to you because you don't know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

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

24 Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

25 This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.

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 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 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.