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;


In Context

1 My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

2 and he — he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

3 and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

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

5 and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

6 He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself 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 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 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 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.