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1 John 2:4

He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a dliar, and the truth is not in him.

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1 John 2:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

1 John 2:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

1 John 2:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.

1 John 2:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

Anyone who says, “I know God,” but does not obey God’s commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

1 John 2:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

1 John 2:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The person who says, “I know him,” but doesn’t obey his commandments is a liar. The truth isn’t in that person.

1 John 2:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” yet doesn’t keep His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

1 John 2:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The one who says “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.

1 John 2:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Suppose someone says, “I know him.” But suppose that person does not do what God commands. Then that person is a liar and is not telling the truth.

1 John 2:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;


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