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1 John 2:5-7
International Standard Version
1 John 2:5-7
International Standard Version
5 But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God’s love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:[a] 6 The one who says that he abides in him must live the same way he himself lived.
We Must Obey God’s Commandments
7 Dear friends, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have heard.
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- 1 John 2:5 Lit. him
1 John 2:5-7
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1 John 2:5-7
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5 But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(D)
7 Dear friends,(E) I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning.(F) This old command is the message you have heard.
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- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
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