1 John 2:3

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only concerning ours, but also concerning those of the whole world.

4He who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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Cross References

Luke 6:46“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do the things which I say?

John 14:21He that has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him.”

John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.

2 Corinthians 4:6Because it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 1 Treasures in Jars of Clay

Hebrews 5:9And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

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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