1 John 2:5

In 9 translations

BSB

But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

LSV

and whoever may keep His word, truly the love of God has been perfected in him; in this we know that we are in Him.

YLT

and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

DBY

but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.Elohim

DRC

But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.

GNV

But hee that keepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede: hereby wee knowe that ye are in him.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὃς δʼ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ τετελείωται. ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν·

RP2018

ὃς δ’ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ τετελείωται. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμέν·

TR-Boyd

ὃς δ᾿ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ τετελείωται. Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμέν·

SCR1894

ος δ αν τηρη αυτου τον λογον αληθως εν τουτω η αγαπη του θεου τετελειωται εν τουτω γινωσκομεν οτι εν αυτω εσμεν

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• John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
• John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
• 1 John 4:12–13No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
• Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• 1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
• Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
• Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
• Revelation 14:12Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
• 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
• 1 John 2:3–4By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
• John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
• 1 John 4:18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
• 1 John 4:15–16If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
• Psalms 119:146I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
• Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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