1 John 2:3
And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 6:46"And why do you all call me `Master, Master' and yet not do what I tell you?
John 14:21He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal myself to him."
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, "Out of darkness let light shine," is He who has shone in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory, which is radiant on the face of Christ.
Hebrews 5:9and so, having been made perfect, He became to all who obey Him the source and giver 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 →