1 John 2:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃς δʼ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ τετελείωται: ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν.

Transliteration

Whoever d' an may tērē of him the logon, alēthōs in this the agapē of the Theou has been teteleiōtai: in this we ginōskomen that in him we esmen.

Grammar Details

• *d'*: particle, contracted form of *de* - but/and/now
• *an*: particle denoting contingency with subjunctive verb
• *tērē*: present, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - might keep/observe
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word/message/account
• *alēthōs*: adverb - truly/genuinely/really
• *agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God/deity
• *teteleiōtai*: perfect, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - has been perfected/completed
• *ginōskomen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we know
• *esmen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we are/exist

Word Meanings

• *tērē*: keep/observe/obey/guard
• *logon*: word/message/account/statement/teaching
• *alēthōs*: truly/genuinely/really/actually
• *agapē*: love/affection/benevolence
• *teteleiōtai*: has been perfected/completed/fulfilled/accomplished

Referenced Verses

• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. 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 remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
• John 14:21 : 21 One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One 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 He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
• Rev 14:12 : 12 Here is the patience of the saints, 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 remains in him, and he in God. 16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
• 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. 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 This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. 4 One who says, "I know him," and doesn't keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn't in him.
• Ps 119:146 : 146 I have called to you. Save me! I will obey your statutes.
• Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
• Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes, 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 lives in me, and I in him.
• Ps 119:4 : 4 You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.
• Prov 8:32 : 32 "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Eccl 8:5 : 5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them.
• John 15:5 : 5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don't walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to 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. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily, 10 and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power;
• Jas 2:22 : 22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
• 1 John 2:27-28 : 27 As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don't need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him. 28 Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
• Ps 105:45 : 45 That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise Yah!
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we 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 The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.