A moment in scripture
1 John 2:5
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But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 John 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
- 1 John 2:4
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- 1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
- 1 John 2:7
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.