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- Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? - John used a rhetorical question to emphasize who the liars are. It could be translated as a question with an answer: "Who is the liar? It is anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ." (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion)
- denies that Jesus is the Christ - "refuses to say that Jesus is the Christ" or "says that Jesus is not the Christ"
- denies the Father and the Son - This can be translated as "refuses to say the truth about the Father and the Son" or "rejects the Father and the Son."
- does not have the Father - "does not belong to the Father"
- confesses the Son - "speaks the truth about the Son"
- has the Father - "belongs to the Father"