And hereby we do And _hereby know_ we know that we know that we _know_ Him, if Him, if we keep His we keep His commandments. commandments. He He that that saith, I know Him, saith, I know Him, and and keepeth not His keepeth not His commandments commandments, is a is a liar, liar, and the truth is and the truth is not in not in Him. But whoso him: but whoso keepeth keepeth His word, His word, in him verily in him verily is the hath the love of God love of God perfected: been perfected. Hereby hereby know we that know we that we we are in Him. He are in Him: he that that saith he abideth saith he abideth in in Him ought himself Him ought himself also also so to walk, even to walk even as He as He walked. walked. ANOTHER VERSION. And hereby we do know that we have knowledge of Him, if we observe His commandments. He that saith I have knowledge of Him and observeth not His commandments is a liar, and in this man the truth is not. But whoso observeth His word verily in this man the love of God is perfected. Hereby know we that we are in Him: he that saith he abideth in Him is bound, even as He walked, so also himself to be ever walking. DISCOURSE V. _THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREAT LIFE WALK A PERSONAL INFLUENCE._ "He that saith he abideth in Him, ought himself also so to walk even as He also walked."--1 JOHN ii. 6. This verse is one of those in reading which we may easily fall into the fallacy of mistaking _familiarity_ for knowledge. Let us bring out its meaning with accuracy.