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1 John 2:3

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

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

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

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Cross References

Luke 6:46“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord’, and not do what I say?

John 14:21The one who has my commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves me. Now the one who loves me will be loved by my Father; and I will love him, and reveal myself to him.”

John 15:14You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.

2 Corinthians 4:6because the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness is He who shined in our hearts to give the light that comes from the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 5:9And having been completed He became the Source of eternal salvation for all those obeying 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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