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But if someone ·obeys [keeps] ·God’s teaching [L his word], then in that person ·God’s love [or love for God] has ·truly reached its goal [been fulfilled/perfected/completed]. This is how we can be sure we are ·living in God [L in him]: Whoever says that he ·lives [abides; remains] in God must ·live [L walk] as ·Jesus lived [L he walked].

The Command to Love Others

·My dear friends [L Beloved], I am not writing a new command to you but an old command you have had from the beginning [3:23; John 13:34]. It is the ·teaching [L word] you have already heard.

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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: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(D)

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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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love