1 John 2:5
But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.
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6Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.
Cross References
Psalms 106:3from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.
Psalms 119:4the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.
Proverbs 8:32Therefore, sons, hear me now. Blessed are those who preserve my ways.
Ecclesiastes 8:5Whoever keeps the commandment will not experience evil. The heart of a wise man understands the time to respond.
Luke 11:28Then he said, “Yes, but moreover: blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”
John 14:21Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.”
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:4-7
The Believer's Duty. ( a. d. 80.) 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter , between which and these verses there… Read the whole commentary →