1 John 2:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

1 John 2:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:6
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
James 2:14-16
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? …
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 4:20
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 3-6)

These verses may seem to relate to the 1 John 1:7; between which and these verses there occurred an incidental discourse concerning the believer’s duty and relief in case of sin, occasioned by the mention of one of the believer’s privileges—his being cleansed from sin by the Mediator’s blood. In that verse the apostle asserts the beneficial consequence of walking in the light: “We have then fellow…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4. I know--Greek, “I have knowledge of (perfect) Him.” Compare with this verse 1Jo 1:8.