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Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn`t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
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The Son is the Only Way
Commentators unanimously affirm that a relationship with God the Father is impossible without acknowledging Jesus as the Son. Scholars explain that the Son is our 'only approach' to the Father because He reveals the Father. Therefore, to deny the Son is to effectively have no relationship with the Father.
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1 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. This means that such a person has no proper understanding of the Father and no ev…
Hath not the Father (ουδε τον πατερα εχε). "Not even does he have the Father" or God (2 John 1:9).
He t…
19th Century
Anglican
[8] THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DARKNESS (1 John 2:18–28).
[a] Signs by which they should know the forerunners of the las…
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Baptist
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whoever denieth the Son, the…
The statement “No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also” makes clear the singular dependence of t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Whosoever denieth the Son Jesus Christ to be the true, proper, natural, essential, and eternal Son of God:
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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…
