1 John 2:3

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Summary

1 John 2:3

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

Hereby

If we

General references

John 14:15

Bible References

Hereby

The man who says 'I know Jesus,' but does not lay his commands to heart, is a liar, and the Truth has no place in him;

We know that we have passed out of Death into Life, because we love our Brothers. The man who does not love remains in a state of Death.

We know that we remain in union with him, and he with us, by this--by his having given us some measure of his Spirit.

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.

If we

and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are laying his commands to heart, and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.

For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome,

Why do you call me 'Master! Master!' and yet fail to do what I tell you?

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,

If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father's commands to heart and remain in his love.

Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.

and, being made perfect, he became to all those who obey him the source of eternal Salvation,

Blessed will they be who wash their robes, that they may have the right to approach the Tree of Life, and may enter the City by the gates.

General references

If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,