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1 John 2:5

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

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1 John 2:5 in other translations

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

1 John 2:5 · World English Bible

1 John 2:5 in context

  1. 3And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
  2. 4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
  3. 5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:
  4. 6he that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked.
  5. 7Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.