3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.


In Context

1 My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;

2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world.

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

4 He that 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, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

1 John 2:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:3We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And hereby know we that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3And by this we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.