1 John 2:3
And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 6:46And why call you me, Lord, Lord; and do not the things which I say?
John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 5:9And being consummated, he became, to all that obey 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 →