1 John 2:5

In those who keep God's word, his love is brought to its goal, giving assurance that we are in him. Obedience and abiding love go together.

Cross-references · 30

• John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
• John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
• 1 Jn 4:12–13No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
• Luke 11:28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
• 1 Jn 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
• Ps 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
• 1 Jn 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.
• Rev 14:12Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
• Ezek 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
• 1 Jn 2:3–4By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
• John 15:5I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
• 1 Jn 4:15–16If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
• 1 Jn 4:18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
• Ps 119:146I call to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies.
• 2 Cor 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
• Rev 12:17And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
• 1 Cor 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
• 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• Rom 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Col 2:9–10For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
• Ps 106:3Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
• Jas 2:22You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
• Eccl 8:5Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
• John 6:56Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
• 1 Jn 2:27–28And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
• Prov 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Ps 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
• Prov 28:7A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
• Ps 105:45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

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