1 John 2:3 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³ Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And this is how we may discern [daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand, and become better acquainted with Him]: if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments).

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Common English Bible

³ This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

1 John 2:3 Cross References

Luke 6:46

"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do [the ]things which I say?

John 14:15

"If you love Me, keep My commandments.

John 15:10

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and I abide in His love.

John 15:14

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

2 Corinthians 4:6

Because it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts to give [the] light of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 5:9

And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him[ who is] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil [one]. I am writing to you, little children, because you have come to know the Father.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

1 John 3:19

And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

1 John 3:6

Everyone who abides in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him nor has he known Him.

1 John 4:13

(By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.)

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; and everyone that loves has been born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies [under the sway] of the evil [one].

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

Revelation 12:17

And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went off to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the endurance of the saints; those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who do His commandments, so that their right shall be to the tree of life, and they may enter by the gates into the city.