1 John 2:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

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  • John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
  • 1 John 4:12-13 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
  • John 14:21 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps 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 reveal myself to him.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
  • Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
  • 1 John 4:15-16 : 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.
  • 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
  • 1 John 5:2 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.
  • 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  • Ps 119:146 : 146 I cry out to You; save me, and I shall keep Your testimonies.
  • Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are they who keep judgment and he who does righteousness at all times.
  • Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, and who seek Him with their whole heart.
  • Luke 11:28 : 28 But he said, On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.
  • John 6:56 : 56 He who eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.
  • Ps 119:4 : 4 You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Eccl 8:5 : 5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.
  • Ezek 36:27 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them.
  • John 15:5 : 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
  • 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And you are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and power:
  • Jas 2:22 : 22 Do you see how faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?
  • 1 John 2:27-28 : 27 But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in him. 28 And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
  • Ps 105:45 : 45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise the LORD.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 So the dragon became enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

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    22And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

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    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

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    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

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    28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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    17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.