1 John 2:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • John 14:15 : 15 If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath 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 grievous.
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk,--that ye abound more and more. 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • 1 John 2:4-6 : 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him: 6 he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
  • John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:
  • 1 John 3:22-24 : 22 and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the 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, even as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
  • Luke 6:46 : 46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
  • John 14:21-24 : 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
  • Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth in death.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right [to come] to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined 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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  • 1 John 2:4-6
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    4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

    5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

    6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.

  • 1 John 5:2-3
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    2Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  • 1 John 3:18-24
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    18[ My] Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth.

    19Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

    20because if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

    22and whatsoever we ask we receive of him, because we keep his commandments and do the 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, even as he gave us commandment.

    24And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 1 Cor 8:2-3
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    2If any man thinketh that he knoweth anything, he knoweth not yet as he ought to know;

    3but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

    17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 5:18-20
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    18We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

    20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:13-15
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    13These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

    14And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

    15and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

  • 1 John 4:6-8
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    6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

  • 2 John 1:6
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    6And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not abideth 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 ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

  • John 15:10
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

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

    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

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

    7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth 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 that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

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

  • John 14:23
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    23Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

    2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

  • 1 John 4:21
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    21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • John 3:11
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    11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.