1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
KJV
ὁ λέγων ὅτι ἔγνωκα αὐτόν, καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ μὴ τηρῶν, ψεύστης ἐστίν, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν·
Greek NT
Qui dicit se nosse eum, et mandata ejus non custodit, mendax est, et in hoc veritas non est.
Vulgate
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
ASV
He who saith that he knoweth him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar: and the truth is not in him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ψεύστης
pseustes
noun · 10×
ἀλήθεια
aletheia
noun · 109×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: ὅτι | WH/Treg/NIV: ὅτι
- ὅτι — SBLGNT
- ὅτι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
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Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth years of his age, passed at Carthage, when, having completed his course of studies, he is caught in the snares of a licentious passion, and falls into the errors of the Manichæans. Chapter 1. Deluded by an Insane Love, He, Though Foul and Dishonourable, Desires to Be Thought Elegant and Urbane. 1. To Carthage I came, where a cauldr…
Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice. This is the chief of all the signs of grace. Holy practice is the principal evidence of the truth of grace, both to the consciences of Christians themselves and to the observation of others. Men's deeds are the best interpreters of their words and profession.
We believe a man to be not simply justified through faith alone, but through faith which worketh through love, that is to say, through faith and works. Not that the foundation and certainty of our salvation resteth upon works; for no man can do the works of God — for Christ hath said, "Without me ye can do nothing" (John 15:5) — but that faith without works is dead, and worketh…
Cross-references
- 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
- 1John 1:6 — If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
- 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 1John 1:10 — If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
- 1John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- 1John 2:6 — He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- 1John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 1John 2:9 — He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
- 1John 2:22 — Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
- 1John 3:6 — Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
- 1John 4:8 — He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
- 1John 4:20 — If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
- 1John 4:20 — If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
- Hos 8:2 — Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
- Jas 2:14 — What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
- John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
- Ps 119:29 — Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
- Titus 1:16 — They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
- Titus 1:16 — They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.