1 John 2:3
We can be sure that we do know him if we follow his commands.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
2Through him our sins are forgiven—and not only our sins, but those of the whole world.
4Anyone who says, “I know him,” but doesn't do what he says, is a liar. They don't have the truth.
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I run to follow your commands, for you have expanded my mind!
Luke 6:46So why do you bother to call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ when you don't do what I say?
John 14:21Those who keep my commands are the ones who love me, those who love me will be loved by my Father. I will love them too, and will reveal myself to them.”
John 15:14You're my friends if you do what I tell you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, “Let light shine out of the darkness,” shone in our minds to illuminate the knowledge of God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:9When his experience was complete, he became the source of eternal salvation to everyone who does what he says,
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 →