What Does 1 John 2:23 Mean in the King James?
Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse joins the Father to the Son: the one who denies the Son cannot claim to have the Father, while acknowledging the Son holds both together.
THE MEANING
This verse speaks now: the Father is not held apart from the Son. Acknowledging the Son is an open affirmation that carries the Father with it; denying the Son severs that claim.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that you can reject the Son while claiming the Father as though they were unrelated.
THE ROOT
ὁμολογῶν
homologōn
GROWS FROM
ὁμός (homos, same) + λέγω (legō, say)
To say the same; to acknowledge or confess.
“acknowledgeth” in this verse is homologōn. The word carries the sense of openly saying what is held in common. Here, acknowledging the Son is more than privately accepting an idea: it is an expressed affirmation that joins the Son and the Father, just as the sentence repeats “hath” for both.
ALSO GROWS
homología: Confession, profession.
ὁμολογία
The related noun names the expressed confession itself, showing that acknowledgment takes form in what is affirmed.
exomologeō: Confess openly, acknowledge.
ἐξομολογέω
This related verb makes the confession explicit; it echoes the verse’s picture of acknowledgment as an outward affirmation.
THE PATTERN
A person’s relation to God becomes visible in what they openly acknowledge about the Son.
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.THE THREAD
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.This verse uses the same word for openly confessing the Son. It makes the connection explicit: confessing that Jesus is the Son is joined to God dwelling in the person who confesses.
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