1 John 2:5

Easy To Read Version

But when a person obeys God’s teaching, then God’s love has truly arrived at its goal in that person. This is how we know that we are following God:

Cross References

Psalm 105:45

Why did God do this?\par So his people could obey his laws.\par So they could carefully obey his teachings.\par Praise the Lord!\par

Psalm 106:3

People who obey God’s commands are happy.\par Those people do good things all the time.\par

Psalm 119:146

Lord, I call to you.\par Save me!\par And I will obey your Agreement. {\cf2\super [604]} \par

Psalm 119:2

People who obey the Lord’s Agreement {\cf2\super [586]} \par are happy.\par They obey the Lord with all their heart.\par

Psalm 119:4

Lord, you gave us your commands.\par And you told us to obey those commands completely.\par

Proverbs 28:7

A person who obeys the law is smart. But the person who becomes friends with worthless people brings shame to his father.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now, children, listen to me!\par You can be happy too,\par if you follow my ways!\par

Ecclesiastes 8:5

A person will be safe if he obeys the king’s command. But a wise man knows the right time to do this, and he also knows when to do the right thing.

Ezekiel 36:27

And I will put my Spirit inside you. {\cf2\super [282]} I will change you so you will obey my laws. You will carefully obey my commands.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “The people that hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the people that are truly happy!”

John 14:21

If a person knows my commands and obeys those commands, then that person truly loves me. And my Father will love the person that loves me. And I will love that person. I will show myself to him.”

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “If any person loves me, then he will obey my teaching. My Father will love that person. My Father and I will come to that person and live with him.

John 15:5

“I am the vine and you are the branches. If a person continues in me and I continue in that person, then that person will make much fruit. But without me that person can do nothing.

John 6:56

If a person eats my body and drinks my blood, then that person lives in me, and I live in that person.

Romans 8:1

So now people that are in Christ Jesus are not judged guilty.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God that has made you part of Christ Jesus. Christ has become wisdom for us from God. Christ is the reason we are right with God and have freedom from sin; Christ is the reason we are holy. {\cf2\super [10]}

2 Corinthians 5:17

We have small troubles for a while now, but those troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than the troubles.

James 2:22

So you see that Abraham’s faith and the things he did worked together. His faith was made perfect by the things he did.

1 John 3:24

The person who obeys God’s commands lives in God. And God lives in that person. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} that God gave us.

1 John 4:17

If God’s love is made perfect in us, then we can be without fear on the day when God judges us. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like him (Christ or God).

1 John 4:18

Where \{God’s\} love is, there is no fear. Why? Because God’s perfect love takes away fear. It is \{God’s\} punishment that makes a person fear. So \{God’s\} love is not made perfect in the person who has fear.

1 John 5:2

All mercy, peace, and love be yours.

1 John 5:20

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}

Revelation 12:17

Then the snake was very angry at the woman. The snake went away to make war against all her other children. Her children are those people who obey God’s commands and have the truth that Jesus taught.

Revelation 14:12

This means that God’s holy people {\cf2\super [103]} must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.