1 John 2:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But when we obey God’s teaching, his love is truly working in us. This is how we know that we are living in him.

Cross References

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “All who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. My Father and I will come to them and live with them.

John 14:21

Those who really love me are the ones who not only know my commands but also obey them. My Father will love such people, and I will love them. I will make myself known to them.”

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “The people who hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the ones who have God’s blessing.”

1 John 3:24

All who obey God’s commands live in God. And God lives in them. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit he gave us.

Psalm 119:2

Great blessings belong to those who follow his rules! They seek him with all their heart.

Revelation 14:12

This means that God’s holy people must be patient. They must obey God’s commands and keep their faith in Jesus.

1 John 5:2

How do we know that we love God’s children? We know because we love God and we obey his commands.

John 15:5

“I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I to you, you will produce plenty of fruit. But separated from me you won’t be able to do anything.

Ezekiel 36:27

I will put my Spirit inside you and change you so that you will obey my laws. You will carefully obey my commands.

1 John 4:18

Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. It is his punishment that makes a person fear. So his love is not made perfect in the one who has fear.

Psalm 119:146

I call to you. Save me, and I will obey your rules.

2 Corinthians 5:17

When anyone is in Christ, it is a whole new world. The old things are gone; suddenly, everything is new!

Revelation 12:17

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

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding. So now we can know the one who is true, and we live in that true God. We are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God, and he is eternal life.

1 Corinthians 1:30

It is God who has made you part of Christ Jesus. And Christ has become for us wisdom from God. He is the reason we are right with God and pure enough to be in his presence. Christ is the one who set us free from sin.

Romans 8:1

So now anyone who is in Christ Jesus is not judged guilty.

James 2:22

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

2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could be right with God.

John 6:56

Those who eat my body and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

People will be safe if they obey his command. But wise people know the right time to do this, and they also know when to do the right thing.

Psalm 106:3

Those who obey his commands are happy. They do good things all the time.

Proverbs 8:32

“Now, children, listen to me. If you follow my ways, you will be happy too.

Psalm 119:4

Lord, you gave us your instructions and told us to always obey them.

Proverbs 28:7

A smart son obeys the laws, but a son who spends time with worthless people brings shame to his father.

Psalm 105:45

He did this so that his people would obey his laws and follow his teachings. Praise the Lord!

1 John 4:17

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

2 John 1:6

And loving means living the way he commanded us to live. And God’s command is this: that you live a life of love. You heard this command from the beginning.