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


In Context

1 My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,

2 and he — he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

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

4 he who is saying, 'I have known him,' and his command is not keeping, a liar he is, and in him the truth is not;

5 and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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