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1 John 2:3–4

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GOD’S COMMANDS

3This is how we knowv that we know him: if we keep his commands.w 4The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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Cross references

  1. vJn 13:35; 1Jn 2:5; 3:19,24; 4:2,6,13; 5:2
  2. wJn 14:15; 15:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

NLTNew Living Translation

And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. The one who says “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person.

KJV 1900King James Version

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.