1 John 2:5

But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

In Context

4He who professes to know Him, and yet does not obey His commands, is a liar, and the truth has no place in his heart.

6The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.

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Cross References

Luke 11:28"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

John 14:21He who has my commandments and obeys them--he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will clearly reveal 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 →

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