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1 John 2:5

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But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

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1 John 2:5 in other translations

but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

1 John 2:5 · American Standard Version

1 John 2:5 in context

  1. 3This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
  2. 4One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.
  3. 5But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
  4. 6he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
  5. 7Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.