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1 John 2:5 KJV
1 John · chapter 2 · verse 5
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 · King James Version
1 John 2:5 in context
3And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7Brethren, 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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Key words (Strong's)
- perfectedteleioōto make perfect, complete, to carry through completely, to accomplish, finish, bring to…G5048 →
- keepethanhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- keepethtēreōto attend to carefully, take care of, to guard, metaph. to keep, one in the state in…G5083 →
- verilyalēthōstruly, of a truth, in reality, most certainlyG230 →
- herebyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- herebytoutōto this oneG5129 →
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These verses may seem to relate to the seventh verse of the former chapter, between which and these verses there occurred an incidental discourse concerning the believer's duty and relief in case of sin, occasioned by the mention of one of the believer's privileges - his being cleansed from sin by the Mediator's…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-6