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

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A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson

A.T.Robertson

19th Century
Southern Baptist
19th Century

The liar (Îż ψΔυστης). The liar (with the article) par excellence. Rhetorical question to sharpen the point made already abo


Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Who is a liar. That is, who is false; who maintains an erroneous doctrine; who is an impostor, if this person is not? The object of the ap


Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

[8] THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DARKNESS (1 John 2:18–28).

[a] Signs by which they should know the forerunners of the las


Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he tha


Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor'sBible Commentary

20th Century
20th Century

“Who is the liar?” v.22 asks and then rhetorically answers by pointing to those antichrists who promulgate the particularly pernicious falsehood th


John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Who is a liar? He does not assert that only those were liars who denied that the Son of God appeared in the flesh, lest anyone, in untying


John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Who is a liar, but he that denies that Jesus is the
Christ ?
&c.] Or that very Christ


Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Every person is an antichrist who denies the Person, or any of the offices of Christ; and in denying the Son, they deny the Father also, and have n