1 John 3:23

And this is his commandment: That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

In Context

22and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.

24And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

John 6:29Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.

John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God; believe also in me.

John 17:3And this is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent.

Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, as the Christ also loved us, and gave himself for us as an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet odor.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:21-23

The Testimony of Conscience. ( a. d. 80.) 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. The apostle, having intimated that there may be, even among us, such a privilege as an assurance or sound persuasion of heart towards God, proceeds here, I. To establish the court of… Read the whole commentary →

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