1 John 2:3

And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes.

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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

2And he is ye attonement for our sinnes: not for our sinnes only, but also for the sinnes of all the worlde.

4He that sayth I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commaundementes, is a lyer, and the veritie is not in hym:

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Cross References

Luke 6:46Why call ye me Lorde, Lorde, and do not as I byd you?

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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