He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (A)liar, and the truth is not in him. But (B)whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God [a]is perfected (C)in him. By this we know that we are in Him. (D)He who says he abides in Him (E)ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

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  1. 1 John 2:5 has been completed

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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  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love