But whoever keeps His word,(A) truly in him the love of God is perfected.[a] This is how we know we are in Him:(B) The one who says he remains in Him(C) should walk just as He walked.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command(D) but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the message(E) you have heard.

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  1. 1 John 2:5 Or truly completed

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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  1. 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love