1 John 3:24

If anyone does those things, they are joined up with God, and God is joined up with them. Yes, God put his spirit in us, so we know for sure that God is joined up with us.

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In The King James Version

And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.

In Context

23And this is what God tells us to do. We have to believe in God’s son Jesus Christ, and we have to love each other, just like he told us to do.

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Cross References

John 6:54But if anybody eats my body, and drinks my blood, I will make them alive again on that day when the world will finish up, and they will live with God for ever.

John 15:7But, if you stay joined to me, and keep on doing what I taught you, you can ask me for anything, and I will do it.

Romans 8:9But I know that you aren’t like that any more. You haven’t let that bad part of you be your boss, but you have joined up with the Holy Spirit, and now he lives inside you. That’s right. If people don’t have the spirit of Jesus Christ in them, they don’t belong to him.

1 Corinthians 6:19And you know, God gave you his spirit and he lives in you. Your body is the home of the Holy Spirit. You don’t belong to yourself any more, but you belong to God.

Galatians 4:5And then he took the payback for all of us, the payback for the bad things we did, and he set us free. So God took us into his family to be his proper kids, and we don’t have to follow that law any more.

1 John 2:6If we reckon we are joined up with God, then we have to live the way that Jesus lived. He always lived God’s way.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 3:24

God's Commandments. ( a. d. 80.) 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. The apostle, having mentioned keeping the commandments, and pleasing God, as the qualification of effectual petitioners in and with Heaven, here suitably proceeds, I. To represent to us what… Read the whole commentary →

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