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1 John 2:5
But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
1 John 2:5 · Bible in Basic English
1 John 2:5 in other translations
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
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In context
2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.
4 The man who says, I have knowledge of him, and does not keep his laws, is false, and there is nothing true in him:
5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
7 My loved ones, I do not give you a new law, but an old law which you had from the first; this old law is the word which came to your ears.
8 Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
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