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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And who is a liar? Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ. Anyone who denies the Father and the Son is an antichrist.

Context of 1 John 2:22

20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. 21I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 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. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 24As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, 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 2:4Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.
• 1 John 1:6If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.
• 1 John 4:20Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.
• John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
• Revelation 3:9I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
• 1 John 2:23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
• 1 John 4:3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
• 2 John 1:7I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
• Jude 1:4For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
• 1 John 2:18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know 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