God’s Commands

This is how we know(A) that we know him: if we keep his commands.(B) The one who says, “I have come to know him,” and yet doesn’t keep his commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word,(C) truly in him the love of God is made complete. This is how we know we are in him:(D) The one who says he remains in him(E) should walk just as he walked.

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Now by this we know that we have come to know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we know that we are in him:(A) whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk in the same way as he walked.(B)

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