1 John 2:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ And hereby know we 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.

1 John 2:3 Cross References

John 14:15

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

John 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.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Luke 6:46

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

1 John 4:13

hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Hebrews 5:9

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

Psalm 119:32

I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart. ה HE

1 John 3:19

Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him,

John 17:3

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

1 John 5:19

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

1 John 3:14

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

2 Corinthians 4:6

Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall 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.

Revelation 22:14

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

Isaiah 53:11

He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many: and he shall bear their iniquities.

Psalm 119:6

Then shall I not be ashamed, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.

1 John 2:13

I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him which is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

1 John 3:6

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

1 John 5:2

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do his commandments.

Revelation 12:17

And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

Revelation 14:12

Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.