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Everyoneπᾶςwhoὁdeniesἀρνούμενοςthe Sonτὸν υἱὸνdoes notοὐδὲhaveἔχειthe Fatherτὸν πατέραeither;οὐδὲwhoeverὁconfessesὁμολογῶνthe Sonτὸν υἱὸνhasἔχειthe Fatherτὸν πατέραalso.καὶ
1 John 2:23
Study it in the app“Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:23, word by word
- deniesἀρνούμενοςarnoumenos
disown
To claim you do not know someone, turn your back on them.
Where else “arnoumenos” appears- the Sonυἱὸνhuion
Son
Jesus, the Son of God.
Where else “huion” appears- haveἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- the Fatherπατέραpatera
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appears- confessesὁμολογῶνhomologōn
confess
To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
Where else “homologōn” appears
The context
22Who 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.
23 · This verse (above)
24As for you, let what you heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
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?