5But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:


In Context

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.

4 The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

5 But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him:

6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.

1st John 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5But whoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5and whoever may keep his word, truly in him the love of God hath been perfected; in this we know that in him we are.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.