“Knowing can simply mean that someone has correctly absorbed information, but knowing God is more like knowing a person. It involves a recognition of identity, a discerning of the truth about someone. Knowing has a cognitive dimension, yet it is not limited to this. To know God through his Word is to “receive” him, as one welcomes a person into one’s home (1:11). It is to “believe” in the Word, which means trusting God himself (1:12).”