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1 John 2:23
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
1 John 2:23 · American Standard Version
1 John 2:23 in other translations
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
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In context
20 And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
22 Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, even he that denieth the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
24 As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.
26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.
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