1 John 2:3
and in this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commands;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
2and He is [the] propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for the whole world,
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I run the way of Your commands, || For You enlarge my heart!
Luke 6:46And why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?
John 14:21he who is having My commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving Me, and he who is loving Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.”
John 15:14you are My friends if you may do whatever I command you;
2 Corinthians 4:6because [it is] God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who shined in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:9and having been made perfect, He became the cause of continuous salvation to 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 →