11 translations · Greek
1 John 2:3
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- KJV King James Version
- And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and in this we know that we have known Him, if we may keep His commands;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- We can be sure that we do know him if we follow his commands.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And by this we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | Kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| ἐν | en | By | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| τούτῳ | toutō | this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| γινώσκομεν | ginōskomen | we can be sure | G1097 γινώσκω to know |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 ὅτι that/since: that |
| ἐγνώκαμεν | egnōkamen | we have come to know | G1097 γινώσκω to know |
| αὐτόν | auton | Him | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 ἐάν if |
| τὰς | tas | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐντολὰς | entolas | commandments | G1785 ἐντολή commandment |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τηρῶμεν | tērōmen | we keep | G5083 τηρέω to keep: observe |
Related verses
- John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commandments.
- John 15:10
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
- 1 John 5:3
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
- Luke 6:46
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?
- 1 John 4:13
By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
- John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Hebrews 5:9
Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
- 1 John 3:22–24
and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
- Psalm 119:32
I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.
- John 14:21–24
One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. …
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In context
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.
3 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
4 One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
5 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:
Read all of 1 John 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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