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 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 you know all things. 21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 24Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide 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 2:4He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
• 1 John 1:6If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
• 1 John 4:20If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
• John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
• Revelation 3:9Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
• 1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
• 1 John 4:3and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
• 1 Corinthians 12:2You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
• Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 2:18Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know 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
• Acknowledge
• Advocate
• Antichrist
• Lie
• Stumble
• Baptism of the Holy Spirit
• Deny
• Eschatology of the New Testament

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