1 John 2:5-6

5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God^[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

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

1 John 2:5-6 In-Context

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

4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

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

6 Whoever claims to live in him must live 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.

8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

Cross References

• 1. S John 14:15; John 14:21,23
• 2. 1 John 4:12
• 3. S ver 3
• 4. S Matthew 11:29; 1 Peter 2:21

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "word, God’s love"