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He that says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;

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

He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk.

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Whoever says, “I know him,”(A) but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.(B) But if anyone obeys his word,(C) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(D) This is how we know(E) we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love