1 John 2:3
“And hereby wee doe knowe that we know him, if we keepe his commandements.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.
1 John 2:3 Context
1My little children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And if any man sinne, we haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ the righteous: 2And he is the propitiation for our sinnes: and not for ours onely, but also for the sinnes of the whole world. 3And hereby wee doe knowe that we know him, if we keepe his commandements. 4He that saith, I knowe him, and keepeth not his commandements, is a lyer, and the trueth is not in him. 5But who so keepeth his word, in him verely is the loue of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Share This Verse:
Other Translations for 1 John 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- King James Version
By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
- Basic English Bible
And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- Darby Bible
And by this we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- Webster's Bible
And by this we may know that we know Him--if we obey His commands.
- Weymouth Bible
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- World English Bible
And in this thing we witen, that we knowen hym, if we kepen hise comaundementis.
- Wycliffe Bible
and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 John 2:3
2:3 And hereby we know that we truly and savingly know him - As he is the advocate, the righteous, the propitiation. If we keep his commandments - Particularly those of faith and love.
People's Bible Notes for 1 John 2:3
1Jo 2:3 And by this we do know that we know him. The evidences that we have a saving knowledge of Christ is loyal obedience to his commandments.