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

20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 21I have not written to you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also . 24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue 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

• Whoτίςtis · which?G5101
• isἐστίesti · he isG2076
• liarψεύστηςpseustēs · liarG5583
• butεἰ μήei mē · exceptG1508
• deniethἀρνέομαιarneomai · to denyG720
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• isοὐou · noG3756
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• Heοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• antichristἀντίχριστοςantichristos · antichristG500
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for 1 John 2:22

• 1 John 2:4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not 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 the truth:
• 1 John 4:20If a man saith, 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?
• John 8:44Ye 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 speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
• Revelation 3:9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
• 1 John 2:23Whoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also .
• 1 John 4:3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is in the world.
• 1 Corinthians 12:2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
• 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have entered into the world, who confess not Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
• Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 2:18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist cometh, even now are there many antichrists; by which we know that it is the last time.

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