God’s Commands

This is how we are sure(A) that we have come to know Him: by keeping His commands.(B) The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” 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 perfected.[a] 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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  1. 1 John 2:5 Or truly completed

And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. The one who says “I have come to know him,” and does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in this person. But whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him. The one who says that he resides in him ought also to walk[a] just as that one walked.

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  1. 1 John 2:6 Some manuscripts have “to walk in this way”