...Alexander, If ye love me, keep my commandments : herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit. But he that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is equally preposterous with the man ' that shall ridicule learning, and yet glory in the character of...

...righteous, even as he is righteous ,he that committeth sin, is of the devil. Chap. ii. 4. He that sait!it I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and ihe truth is not in him. And chap. i. 6. If we say that we lune fellowship with -him, and waib in darkness,...

...nor diminish from it. (y') Hereby we do know that we know Jesus Christ, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is aliar, and the truth is not in him: But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected....

...with promise.) 1 John ii. 3. And hereby do we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Ver. 4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is riot in him. Ver. 7. Brethren, 1 write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment...

...or gratify curiosity. They are truths designed to produce a divine influence on the heart and life. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar. If you know these things, happy arc you, if you do them. Pure religion and undifded before God and...

...friendship by works.) " And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that sailh, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him," Jehn ii. 3, 4. " But wilt thou know, О vain man, that faith Without works...

...we have an idle head-knowledge vithout a saving heart knowledge of him. The apostle declares, " lie that saith I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not iu him." The 1'i,- 1 Epistle of John, ii. 4. There Is one point, to which he who wishes...

...knoweth not God, for God is love. And hereby we 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." From hcncp it appears, where these effects arc not, the true knowledge of...

...Ptil II. p. 60. said to be made perfect, or finished, in keeping his commandments ; I John ii. 4, 5. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar ; and the truth is -not in him : but whoso keepeth his word, in him verify is the love of God per~ Jected....

...spiritual knowledge, chap. ii. 3, 4. " 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." And hereby the same apostle distinguishes true love, chap. iii. 18, 19. "...