1 John 2:5 · KJV
“But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.”
— 1 John 2:5
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
1 John 2 — Context
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Cross References
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
1 John 4:12-13
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
1 John 3:24
And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Psalms 119:2
Blessed {are} they that keep his testimonies, {and that} seek him with the whole heart.
Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here {are} they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
1 John 5:2
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.