1 John 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

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  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
  • 1 John 4:12-13 : 12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us: 13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.
  • John 14:21 : 21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.
  • Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.
  • 1 John 4:15-16 : 15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God. 16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
  • 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
  • 1 John 5:2 : 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
  • 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws. 4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
  • Ps 119:146 : 146 My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.
  • Ps 106:3 : 3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
  • Ps 119:2 : 2 Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
  • John 6:56 : 56 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
  • Ps 119:4 : 4 You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.
  • Eccl 8:5 : 5 Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
  • Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • John 15:5 : 5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him all the wealth of God's being has a living form, 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:
  • Jas 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;
  • 1 John 2:27-28 : 27 As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you. 28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.
  • Ps 105:45 : 45 So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:

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    1Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

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    22And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.

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    15Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

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    17In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

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    11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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    20And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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    24But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

    25And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

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    3But if anyone has love for God, God has knowledge of him.

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    28And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

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    5This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

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    13I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

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    17And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.