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Berean Standard Bible

“Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.”

1 John 2:22

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John writes about people who had broken away from the community and were teaching wrong things about Jesus. He calls them antichrists in a broad sense, meaning opposers of the truth about Christ.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

World English Bible (WEB)

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

King James Version (KJV)

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

¿Quién es mentiroso, sino el que niega que Jesús es el Cristo? Este tal es anticristo, que niega al Padre y al Hijo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

¿Quién es el mentiroso? El que dice que Jesús no es el Cristo. Tal persona es un anticristo, porque niega al Padre y al Hijo.

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