1-john 2:4
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
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;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
Webster's Revision
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
World English Bible
One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him:
Clarke's 1-john 2:4 Bible Commentary
He that saith, I know him - This is a severe blow against those false teachers, and against all pretenders to religious knowledge, who live under the power of their sins; and against all Antinomians, and false boasters in the righteousness of Christ as a covering for their personal unholiness. They are all liars, and no truth of God is in them.
Barnes's 1-john 2:4 Bible Commentary
He that saith, I know Him - He who professes to be acquainted with the Saviour, or who professes to be a Christian.
And keepeth not his commandments - What he has appointed to be observed by his people; that is, he who does not obey him.
Is a liar - Makes a false profession; professes to have that which he really has not. Such a profession is a falsehood, because there can be no true religion where one does not obey the law of God.
