1 John 2:3
And by this we feel that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 6:46Why call you me, My Lord, my Lord, and the things which I say do not?
John 14:21He who hath my commandments and keepeth them is he who loveth me; and he who loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest to him myself.
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do all that I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For Aloha, who said, Let light arise from darkness, hath arisen in our hearts; that we should be illuminated by the knowledge of the glory of Aloha in the face of Jeshu Meshiha.
Hebrews 5:9And so was he perfected, and became unto all them who obey 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 →