1 John 3:23

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

In Context

22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.

24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

Matthew 22:39And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.

John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:21-23

The Testimony of Conscience. ( a. d. 80.) 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. The apostle, having intimated that there may be, even among us, such a privilege as an assurance or sound persuasion of heart towards God, proceeds here, I. To establish the court of… Read the whole commentary →

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