1 John 2:21-23

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²¹ I write to you not because you are ignorant and do not perceive and know the Truth, but because you do perceive and know it, and [know positively] that nothing false (no deception, no lie) is of the Truth.

²² Who is [such a] liar as he who denies that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)? He is the antichrist (the antagonist of Christ), who [^[a]habitually] denies and refuses to acknowledge the Father and the Son.

²³ No one who [^[b]habitually] denies (disowns) the Son ^[c]even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also.