1 John 2:3
and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
In Context
2and he — he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,
Cross References
Psalms 119:32The way of Thy commands I run, For Thou dost enlarge my heart!
Luke 6:46'And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?
John 14:21he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'
John 15:14ye are my friends, if ye may do whatever I command you;
2 Corinthians 4:6because [it is] God who said, Out of darkness light [is] to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 5:9and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,
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 →