1 John 2:3
We know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
2He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I will run in the path of your commandments, 1 for you enlarge my heart to do so. HE 1
Luke 6:46Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and yet you do not obey the things that I say?
John 14:21He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and I will show myself to him.”
John 15:14You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God is the one who said, “Light will shine out of darkness.” He has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:9He was made perfect and became, for everyone who obeys him, the cause of eternal salvation.
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 →