1st John Chapter 2 verse 23 Holy Bible
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
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He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.
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Whoever denies the Son has not the Father either; he who confesses the Son has the Father also.
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Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
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Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
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every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, `he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Every one who denieth the Son not only does that, but οὐδέ doth not possess the Father. To deny that Jesus is the Christ is to deny the Son of God, for the Christ is the incarnate Son; and to deny the Son of God is to deny the Father also, for the incarnate Son is the Revelation of the Father; and not only so, but to deny the Son is to cut one's self off from the Father, for "no one knoweth the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him." To emphasize this great truth St. John uses his favourite motive of stating it both negatively and positively. To deny the Son is not to have the Father; to confess the Son is to have the Father (comp. 1 John 1:5, 8; 1 John 2:4, 27; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:2, 3, 6, 7, 8; 1 John 5:12). Note the solemn asyndeta. There is not a single connecting particle in verses 22-24; the sentences fall on the ear like minute-guns. "Every one that denieth." There is no exception. Even an apostle, if he denies that Jesus is the Christ. thereby also loses all possession of the Father. The history of philosophy verifies the statement. Deism has ever a tendency to end in pantheism or atheism.
