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Whoτίςisἐστινthe liarὁ ψεύστηςbutεἰ μὴthe one whoὁdeniesἀρνούμενοςthatὅτιJesusἸησοῦςisἔστινthe Messiah?ὁ χριστόςThisοὗτόςisἐστινthe antichrist,ὁ ἀντίχριστοςthe one whoὁdeniesἀρνούμενοςthe Fatherτὸν πατέραandκαὶthe Son.τὸν υἱόν
1 John 2:22
Study it in the app“Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:22, word by word
- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the liarψεύστηςpseustēs
liar
Liar, someone who tells lies.
Where else “pseustēs” appears- deniesἀρνούμενοςarnoumenos
deny
To say something is not so.
Where else “arnoumenos” appears- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appears- the Messiahχριστόςchristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “christos” appears- the antichristἀντίχριστοςantichristos
antichrist
Antichrist: one who opposes the Messiah or claims to take his place.
Where else “antichristos” appears- the Fatherπατέραpatera
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appears- the Sonυἱόνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears
The context
21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 · This verse (above)
23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
To study 1 John 2 in a group
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?