I will gladly obey your commands.\par Lord, your commands make me happy.\par
1 John 2:3 - Easy To Read Version If we obey what God has told us to do, then we are sure that we truly know God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Common English Bible This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. |
I will gladly obey your commands.\par Lord, your commands make me happy.\par
He will suffer many things in his soul, but he will see the good things that happen. He will be satisfied with the things he learns. My Good Servant will make many people not guilty; he will carry away their guilt.
I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I continue in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will continue in my love.
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
God once said, “The light will shine out of the darkness!” And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts. He gave us light by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.
Then Jesus was perfect. And Jesus is the reason that all those people who obey him can have salvation forever.
I write to you, fathers,\par because you know the One who existed (lived) from the beginning.\par I write to you, young people,\par because you have defeated the\par Evil One (the devil).\par
We know that we have left death (sin) and have come into life. We know this because we love our brothers and sisters \{in Christ\}. The person who does not love is still in death.
So the person who lives in Christ does not continue to sin. If a person continues to sin, he has never really understood Christ and has never known Christ.
We know that we live in God and God lives in us. We know this because God gave us his Spirit. {\cf2\super [17]}
Dear friends, we should love each other, because love comes from God. The person who loves has become God’s child. And so the person who loves knows God.
These are the people who divide you. These people do only what their sinful selves want. They don’t have the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]}
Grace (kindness), mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from his Son, Jesus Christ. We receive these blessings through truth and love.
Then the snake was very angry at the woman. The snake went away to make war against all her other children. Her children are those people who obey God’s commands and have the truth that Jesus taught.
This means that God’s holy people {\cf2\super [103]} must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.
“Those people who washed their robes {\cf2\super [174]} will be blessed. They will have the right to \{eat the food from\} the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.