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1 John 2:3

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

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1 John 2:3 in other translations

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

1 John 2:3 · World English Bible

1 John 2:3 in context

  1. 1My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  2. 2and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
  3. 3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
  4. 4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
  5. 5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: