1 John 2:21-23

Expanded Bible

²¹ I do not write to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know the truth. And you know that no lie comes from the truth.

²² Who is the liar? It is the person who ·does not accept [denies; repudiates] Jesus as the ·Christ [Messiah; Anointed One]. This is the ·enemy of Christ [^Lantichrist]: the person who ·does not accept [denies; repudiates] the Father and ·his [the] Son. ²³ Whoever ·does not accept [denies; repudiates] the Son does not have the Father. But whoever ·confesses [acknowledges; accepts] the Son has the Father, too.