Bible Strands
1 John 2:5
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:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author of 1 John addresses believers to contrast genuine relationship with God against false claims, immediately following a warning about claiming to know Him while disobeying His commandments.
The words — τηρῇ (tērēa) translates literally as "may keep," and ἀληθῶς (alēthōs) means "truly."
The thread — The text links obedience to divine love in John 14:21 and John 14:23, while 1 John 4:12 connects mutual love with God's indwelling and the perfection of His love in believers.
Why it lands — The text states that keeping His word is the observable proof that God's love has reached its intended maturity within a person, and this observable obedience serves as the basis for knowing one is united to Him.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
Cross-references
- John 14:23 Jesus 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 14:21 Whoever 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 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- 1 John 3:24 Whoever 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 119:2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
- 1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
- Revelation 14:12 Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Ezekiel 36:27 And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- 1 John 2:3 By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.