World English Bible
1 John 2:3
“This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.”
Verse in context — 1 John 2
1
My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
2
And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
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This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
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One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
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But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:
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Assurance of salvation and the call to love one another.
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