1 John 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
4He that says, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Cross References
Psalms 119:32I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
Luke 6:46And why call all of you me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
John 14:21He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:14All of you are my friends, if all of you do whatsoever I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that 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 →