1 John 2:5

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1 John 2:5

But whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God is perfected. This is how we know we are in Him:

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “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.

1 John 3:24

The one who keeps His commands remains in Him, and He in him. And the way we know that He remains in us is from the Spirit He has given us.

1 John 4:12-13

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.

John 14:21

The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

Psalm 105:45

All this happened
so that they might keep His statutes
and obey His instructions.
Hallelujah!

Psalm 106:3

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

Psalm 119:2

Happy are those who keep His decrees
and seek Him with all their heart.

Psalm 119:4

You have commanded that Your precepts
be diligently kept.

Psalm 119:146

I call to You; save me,
and I will keep Your decrees.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

The one who keeps a command will not experience anything harmful, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.

Ezekiel 36:27

I will place My Spirit within you and cause you to follow My statutes and carefully observe My ordinances.

Luke 11:28

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

John 6:56

The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood lives in Me, and I in him.

John 15:5

“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me.

Romans 8:1

Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 1:30

But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became God-given wisdom for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:21

He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Colossians 2:9-10

For the entire fullness of God’s nature dwells bodily in Christ,

James 2:22

You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected.

1 John 2:3-4

This is how we are sure that we have come to know Him: by keeping His commands.

The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. Instead, His anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie; just as He has taught you, remain in Him.

1 John 4:15-16

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. So the one who fears has not reached perfection in love.

1 John 5:2

This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey His commands.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true One. We are in the true One—that is, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Revelation 12:17

So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God’s commands and have the testimony about Jesus.

Revelation 14:12

This demands the perseverance of the saints, who keep God’s commands and their faith in Jesus.”

Proverbs 28:7

A discerning son keeps the law,
but a companion of gluttons humiliates his father.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 John 2:5

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

Whoso

In him

1 John 4:12

James 2:22

General references

John 13:35

John 14:15

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