1 John 2:3
And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
2He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
Luke 6:46Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
John 14:21He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
2 Corinthians 4:6Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:9And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:2-3
Christ the Propitiation. ( a. d. 80.) 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. These verses relate to the concluding subject of the foregoing chapter, in which the apostle proceeds upon the supposition of the real Christian's sin. And here he gives them both dissuasion and support. 1. Dissuasion.… Read the whole commentary →