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3 Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments.
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3 We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
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4 Whoever says, "I have come to know him," but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;
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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.
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5 but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him:
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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:
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6 whoever says, "I abide in him," ought to walk just as he walked.
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6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.
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