1 John 2:3
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.
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- KJV
- And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- WEB
- This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- ASV
- And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- DARBY
- And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- BLB
- And by this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commandments.
- ÅB
- Og derav vet vi at vi kjenner ham: om vi holder hans bud.
- OTB
- Ved dette forstår vi at vi har kommet til å kjenne Ham, hvis vi holder Hans bud.
- B1930
- Og derav vet vi at vi kjenner ham: om vi holder hans bud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Read in contextJohn 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
Read in context1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Read in contextLuke 6:46
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Read in context1 John 4:13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Read in contextJohn 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Read in contextHebrews 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Read in context1 John 3:22–24
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
Read in context