1 John 2:3

And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

In Context

2and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

4He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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Cross References

Psalms 119:32I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

Luke 6:46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?

John 14:21He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; but he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him.

John 15:14Ye are my friends if ye practise whatever I command you.

2 Corinthians 4:6Because [it is] the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of [Jesus] Christ.

Hebrews 5:9and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author 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 →

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