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1 John 2:5

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1 John 2:5 — Meaning and Application

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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. "

1 John 2:5

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And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is ➔ the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

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1 John 2:1

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ➔ ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"

1 John 2:2

"And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

1 John 2:3

"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments."

1 John 2:4

"He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."

1 John 2:6

"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."

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