1 John 2:3
And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments.
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In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 6:46But why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?
John 14:21Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.”
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who told the light to shine out of darkness, has shined a light into our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the splendor of God, in the person of Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 5:9And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation,
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 →