1 John 2:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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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

Psalm 119:32

I will run in the way of thy commandments when thou enlargest my understanding!

Psalm 119:6

Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all thy commandments.

Isaiah 53:11

he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities.

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will 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 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 know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Hebrews 5:9

and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death.

1 John 3:19

By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him

1 John 3:6

No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or 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 own Spirit.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is in the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey 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

Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.

Revelation 14:12

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.