1 John 2:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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  • John 14:15 : 15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
  • 1 John 2:4-6 : 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him. 6 He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.
  • John 15:14 : 14 You are my friends if you do whatever I command you.
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
  • 1 John 3:22-24 : 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?
  • John 14:21-24 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your commandments.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the course of Your commandments, for You shall enlarge my heart.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him;
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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    4He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

    3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome.

  • 1 John 3:18-24
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    18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

    20For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, then we have confidence toward God.

    22And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

    23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.

    3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 5:18-20
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    18We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

    19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:13-15
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    13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.

    14And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

    15And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
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    6We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

  • 2 John 1:6
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    6And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

  • 1 John 1:10
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    10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • John 14:15
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    15If you love me, keep my commandments.

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • John 15:10
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    10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.

  • 1 John 3:5-6
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    5And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him there is no sin.

    6Whoever abides in him does not sin: whoever sins has not seen him, nor known him.

  • 1 John 1:6-8
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    6If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not practice the truth:

    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.

    8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  • John 14:21
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    21He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

  • John 8:55
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    55Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 2:20
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    20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.

  • John 14:23
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    23Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

  • John 3:11
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    11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.