1 John 2:22

1 John 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
• New International Version (NIV)Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

Context of 1 John 2:22

20Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son. 23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 2:22 word by word

τίς ἐστιν ὁ ψεύστης εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀρνούμενος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Χριστός; οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀντίχριστος, ὁ ἀρνούμενος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a liarὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• a liarψεύστηςpseustēs · liarG5583
• butεἰei · if: notG1487
• butμήmē · notG3361
• he that deniethἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• the ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• antichristἀντίχριστοςantichristos · antichristG500
• thatοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for 1 John 2:22

• 1 John 2:4The one who says “I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.
• 1 John 1:6If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.
• 1 John 4:20If anyone says “I love God” and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
• John 8:44You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Revelation 3:9Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan – who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying – Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
• 1 John 2:23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.
• 1 John 4:3but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!
• Jude 1:4For certain men have secretly slipped in among you – men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 2:18Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour.

Commentaries on 1 John 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? - Here we see some of the false doctrines which were then propagated in the world. There were certain persons who, while they acknowledged Jesus to be a Divine teacher, denied him to be the Christ, i.e. the Messiah. He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son, - He is antichrist who denies the supernatural and miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, who denies Jesus to be the Son of God, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Who is a liar - That is, who is false; who maintains an erroneous doctrine; who is an impostor, if he is not? The object of the apostle is to specify one of the prevailing forms of error, and to show that, however plausible the arguments might be by which it was defended, it was impossible that it should be true. Their own knowledge of the nature of religion must convince them at once that this opinion was false. That denieth that Jesus is the Christ - It…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-23Verses 18-23 Every man is an antichrist, who denies the Person, or any of the offices of Christ; and in denying the Son, he denies the Father also, and has no part in his favour while he rejects his great salvation. Let this prophecy that seducers would rise in the Christian world, keep us from being seduced. The church knows not well who are its true members, and who are not, but thus true Christians were proved, and rendered more watchful and humble…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22John identifies as a liar any false teacher who denies that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and the one who reveals the Father in a unique way (4:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. a liar--Greek, "Who is the liar?" namely, guilty of the lie just mentioned (1Jo 2:21). that Jesus is the Christ--the grand central truth. He is Antichrist--Greek, "the Antichrist"; not however here personal, but in the abstract; the ideal of Antichrist is "he that denieth the Father and the Son." To deny the latter is virtually to deny the former. Again, the truth as to the Son must be held in its integrity; to deny that Jesus is the Christ, or that…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 John 2:22

• Antichrist
• God
• Jesus Continued
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Jesus
• Christ, Messiah
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Acknowledge
• Advocate
• Antichrist
• Lie
• Stumble
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Commentaries on 1 John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings