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1 John 2:23
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KJ21
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
ASV
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
AMP
Whoever denies and repudiates the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses and acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
AMPC
No one who [habitually] denies (disowns) the Son even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also.
BRG
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
CSB
No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.
CSBA
No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.
CEB
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father, but the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
CJB
Everyone who denies the Son is also without the Father, but the person who acknowledges the Son has the Father as well.
CEV
If we reject the Son, we reject the Father. But if we say we accept the Son, we have the Father.
DARBY
Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
DLNT
Everyone denying the Son does also-not have the Father. The one confessing the Son also has the Father.
DRA
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. He that confesseth the Son, hath the Father also.
ERV
Whoever does not believe in the Son does not have the Father, but whoever accepts the Son has the Father too.
EASY
Anyone who says that Jesus is not God's Son does not belong to the Father. But anyone who accepts Jesus as the Son of God also belongs to the Father.
EHV
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father. But the one who confesses the Son has the Father as well.
ESV
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
ESVUK
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
EXB
Whoever ·does not accept [denies; repudiates] the Son does not have the Father. But whoever ·confesses [acknowledges; accepts] the Son has the Father, too.
GNV
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.
GW
Everyone who rejects the Son doesn’t have the Father either. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
GNT
For those who reject the Son reject also the Father; those who accept the Son have the Father also.
HCSB
No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.
ICB
If anyone does not believe in the Son, he does not have the Father. But whoever accepts the Son has the Father too.
ISV
No one who denies the Son has the Father. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
PHILLIPS
God has given you all a certain amount of spiritual insight, and indeed I have not written this warning as if I were writing to men who don’t know what error is. I write because your eyes are clear enough to discern a lie when you come across it. And what, I ask you, is the crowning lie? Surely the denial that Jesus is God’s anointed one, his Christ. I say, therefore, that any man who refuses to acknowledge the Father and the Son is an anti-christ. The man who will not recognise the Son cannot possibly know the Father; yet the man who believes in the Son will find that he knows the Father as well.
JUB
Whosoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father. Whosoever confesses the Son, has the Father also.
KJV
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
AKJV
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
LSB
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
LEB
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
TLB
For a person who doesn’t believe in Christ, God’s Son, can’t have God the Father either. But he who has Christ, God’s Son, has God the Father also.
MSG
So who is lying here? It’s the person who denies that Jesus is the Divine Christ, that’s who. This is what makes an antichrist: denying the Father, denying the Son. No one who denies the Son has any part with the Father, but affirming the Son is an embrace of the Father as well.
MEV
No one who denies the Son has the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father.
MOUNCE
No one who denies the Son has the Father. The one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NOG
Everyone who rejects the Son doesn’t have the Father either. The person who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
NABRE
No one who denies the Son has the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
NASB
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NASB1995
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NCB
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
NCV
Whoever does not accept the Son does not have the Father. But whoever confesses the Son has the Father, too.
NET
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NIRV
The person who says no to the Son doesn’t belong to the Father. But anyone who says yes to the Son belongs to the Father also.
NIV
No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
NIVUK
No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
NKJV
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
NLV
A person who will have nothing to do with the Son and turns against Him does not have the Father. The one who says he knows the Son has the Father also.
NLT
Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
NMB
Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father.
NRSVA
No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NRSVACE
No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NRSVCE
No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NRSVUE
No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
NTFE
Nobody who denies the son has the father. One who acknowledges the son has the father too.
OJB
No one making hakhchashah of HaBen has HaAv; the one making hoda’ah (confession) of HaBen has HaAv also.
RGT
Whoever denies the Son, the same does not have the Father.
RSV
No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
RSVCE
No one who denies the Son has the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
TLV
No one who denies the Son has the Father; the one who acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
VOICE
Anyone who denies the Son does not know the Father. The one affirming the Son enjoys an intimate relationship with the Father as well.
WEB
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
WE
Everyone who says Jesus is not the Son does not know the Father. And everyone who says Jesus is the Son knows the Father.
WYC
For each that denieth the Son, hath not the Father; but he that acknowledgeth the Son, hath also the Father.
YLT
every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, [he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.]
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