1 John 2:3-5

Listen to 1 John 2:3-5

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

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^[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

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1 John 2:25

Eternal Life

Cross References 8

1. ver 5; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:2
2. S ver 4
3. S John 14:15
4. ver 3; Titus 1:16; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 4:7,8
5. 1 John 1:6,8
6. S John 14:15; John 14:21,23
7. 1 John 4:12
8. S ver 3

Footnotes 1

[a] Or "word, God’s love"

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