1 John 2:3
This is how we may know that we have come to know Him, by always keeping his commandments.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
4He who says, "I know Him," but does no continue obeying his commandments, is a liar,
Cross References
Luke 6:46"And why are you calling me Lord, Lord, and not doing what I tell you?
John 14:21"It is he who has my commands and obeys them that loves me; and he who loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself to him."
John 15:14"You are my friends if you do what I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, "Out of darkness light shall shine," is he who has shone in my heart, that the sunrise of the knowledge of God may shine forth in the face of Christ.
Hebrews 5:9and by being thus made perfect, he became the source of enduring salvation to all 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 →