1 John 2:4
he who is saying, 'I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
In Context
3and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
Cross References
Titus 1:16God they profess to know, and in the works they deny [Him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work disapproved.
1 John 1:6if we may say — 'we have fellowship with Him,' and in the darkness may walk — we lie, and do not the truth;
1 John 1:10if we may say — 'we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.
1 John 4:20if any one may say — 'I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God — whom he hath not seen — how is he able to love?
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:4-7
The Believer's Duty. ( a. d. 80.) 3 And hereby we do 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 is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter , between which and these verses there… Read the whole commentary →