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Selected Verse: 1 John 2:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Jo 2:4 |
King James |
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I know--Greek, "I have knowledge of (perfect) Him." Compare with this verse Jo1 1:8. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
A liar
Compare we lie, Jo1 1:6.
In him (ἐν τούτῳ)
Emphatic. Lit., in this one the truth is not. See on Jo1 1:8. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: