1 John 2:3

And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2he is the expiator for our sins: and not ours only, but indeed for the whole world.

4The one saying, I have known him, and keeping not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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Cross References

Luke 6:46But why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

John 14:21The one having my commandments, and keeping them, he is the one loving me with divine love: the one loving me with divine love, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself unto him.

John 15:14You are my friends, if you may do those things which I command you.

2 Corinthians 4:6Because God is the one, having said; Out of the darkness the light shall shine, which shone in our hearts, to the enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Hebrews 5:9and having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all those who obey 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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