1 John 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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And hereby we do know that we know him - To wit, by that which follows, we have evidence that we are truly acquainted with him, and with the requ...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And hereby we do know that we (e) know him, (e) if we keep his commandments. (2) He returns to the testimony of our union with God, that is, to...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Obedience the Proof of Fellowship. Here John repeats in a positive way the teaching of the previous section. Conduct cannot be, as the false teache...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hereby . in (App-104.) this. know . App-132. The second "know" is in perf. tense, as in 1 John 2:4 also.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3 And hereby, or by this. After having treated of the doctrine respecting the gratuitous remission of sins, he comes to the exhortations wh...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2434 THE TRUE TEST OF LOVE TO GOD 1 John 2:3-5 . Hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I kn...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. And hereby we do know that we know him - If we keep the commandments of God, lov...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hereby we do know that we know him— To know Christ, to love him, to have him, and to be in him, are in this epistle used as synonymous term...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Hereby, х en ( G1722 ) touto ( G5124 )] - 'in this.' 'It is her...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Advocacy of Christ and the Obligations of Believers 1. My little children] The diminutive implies the fatherly care which the aged Apostle fel...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fourth inference from the doctrine that God is Light analyses more accurately the general expression of 1 John 1:7 , walking in the light. If...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Keeping His Commandment of Love 1 John 2:1-11 It is clearly possible to be kept from known and presumptuous sin. We shall be tempted, for that...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Affirming that the purpose of his writing is that we sin not, the writer declared that even if we sin, provision is made by which it may be put away....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. (4) He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

COMFORTABLE WORDS ‘If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous: and He is the propitiation for our sins.’ 1...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And hereby we do know that we know him ,.... Either the Father, with whom Christ is an advocate; not as the God of nature, and by the light of it, n...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Ver. 3. We know that we know him ] By a reflex act of the soul; hence the as...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hereby we do know that we , truly and savingly, know him As he is the Advocate, the righteous One, the Propitiation; if we keep his commandments...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

“My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if anyone sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Believer's Duty. A. D. 80. 3 And hereb...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; This faith is often in the Holy Scripture signified by the name of knowledge, Isaiah 53:11 1 Thessalonians 17:3 , viz. an appropriative...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

How Then Can We Know That We Truly Know Christ? ( 1 John 2:3-6 ). Many were claiming that they knew God, that they had special knowledge of Him, t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PROVISION FOR THE SINNING OF BELIEVERS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES FIRMLY does St. John declare that the Christian should not sin, and must n...
Scofield Reference Notes

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 2:1 . My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. For this we ought to watch and strive, that we sin not. 1 John...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 2:2 . He is the propitiation for our sin: ιλασμος, a ram, or other victim offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin. On Genesis 15:9 , the r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And hereby we do know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Keeping Christ's commandments:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:4-6 ; 1 John 3:14 ; 1 John 3:19 ; 1 John 3:22 ; 1 John 3:23 ; 1 John 4:13 ; 1 John 5:19 ; 1 John 5:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:1 ; 1 The...

³ And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Related Commentaries of 1 John 2:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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