1 John 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 14:15 : 15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.
  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more. 2 Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • 1 John 2:4-6 : 4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him: 5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him: 6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,
  • 1 John 3:22-24 : 22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes. 23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us. 24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
  • John 14:21-24 : 21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world? 23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him. 24 He who has no love for me does not keep my words; and the word which you are hearing is not my word but the Father's who sent me.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I would not be put to shame, as long as I have respect for all your teaching.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 A blessing on those whose robes are washed, so that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may go in by the doors into the town.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing that it is God who said, Let light be shining out of the dark, who has put in our hearts the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:

    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

    6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

    3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

  • 1 John 3:18-24
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    18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

    20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things.

    21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

    22 And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

    23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

    24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2 If anyone seems to himself to have knowledge, so far he has not the right sort of knowledge about anything;

    3 But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 5:18-20
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    18 We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

    19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:13-15
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    13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

    14 And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

    15 And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
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    6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

    7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

    8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

  • 2 John 1:6
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    6 And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14 We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.

  • John 14:15
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    15 If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

    29 If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

  • John 15:10
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    10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

  • 1 John 3:5-6
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    5 And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.

    6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

  • 1 John 1:6-8
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    6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

    7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

    8 If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.

  • John 14:21
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    21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

  • John 8:55
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    55 You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2 Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 2:20
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    20 And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.

  • John 14:23
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    23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • John 3:11
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    11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.