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Whoeverὁsays,λέγων“I have come to knowἜγνωκαhim,”αὐτὸνandκαὶdoes notμὴkeepτηρῶνhis commandmentsτὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦisἐστίνa liar,ψεύστηςandκαὶthe truthἡ ἀλήθειαis notοὐκ ἔστινinἐνhim.τούτῳ
1 John 2:4
Study it in the app“Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”
Knowing God shows in keeping his word and walking as Jesus walkedObedience
With the Greek beneath
1 John 2:4, word by word
- saysλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “I have come to knowἜγνωκαEgnōka
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “Egnōka” appears- keepτηρῶνtērōn
keep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tērōn” appears- his commandmentsἐντολὰςentolas
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolas” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a liarψεύστηςpseustēs
liar
Liar, someone who tells lies.
Where else “pseustēs” appears- the truthἀλήθειαalētheia
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheia” appears
The context
3And by this we know that we have come to know him: if we keep his commandments.
4 · This verse (above)
5But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God has been brought to completion. By this we know that we are in him:
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?