1 John 2:3

In 9 translations

BSB

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

and in this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commands;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And hereby we are sure that we knowe him, if we keepe his commandements.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτόν, ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν.

RP2018

Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτόν, ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν.

TR-Boyd

Καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐγνώκαμεν αὐτόν, ἐὰν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν.

SCR1894

και εν τουτω γινωσκομεν οτι εγνωκαμεν αυτον εαν τας εντολας αυτου τηρωμεν

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
• John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
• 1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
• Luke 6:46Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?
• 1 John 4:13By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
• John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
• Hebrews 5:9And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
• 1 John 3:22–24and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we…
• Psalms 119:32I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
• John 14:21–24Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You…
• 1 John 2:4–6If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in…
• 1 John 3:19And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
• 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
• John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more. For you know…
• 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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