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


In Context

1 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.

2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

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

5 But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

6 he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like 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 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 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.