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1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
1 John 2:4 · American Standard Version
1 John 2:4 in other translations
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
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In context
1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
5 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:
6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
7 Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.
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