1 John 2:3
And by this we shall be sensible that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
2For he is himself the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for all the world.
Cross References
Luke 6:46And why call ye me, My Lord, my Lord; while ye do not that which I command you?
John 14:21He, with whom are my commands, and who keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me, will be loved by my Father: and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do all that I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6Because God, who commanded the light to arise from darkness, hath himself shined in our hearts, that we might be illuminated with the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Jesus the Messiah.
Hebrews 5:9And thus he was perfected and became the cause of eternal life to all them 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 →