1 John 2:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we know that we are in him:

Cross References

Psalm 105:45

that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!

Psalm 106:3

Happy are those who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times.

Psalm 119:146

I cry to you; save me, that I may observe your decrees.

Psalm 119:2

Happy are those who keep his decrees, who seek him with their whole heart,

Psalm 119:4

You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.

Proverbs 28:7

Those who keep the law are wise children, but companions of gluttons shame their parents.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, my children, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.

Ecclesiastes 8:5

Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.

Ezekiel 36:27

I will put my spirit within you and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

John 14:21

They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”

John 14:23

Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

John 15:5

I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

John 6:56

Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.

Romans 8:1

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians 1:30

In contrast, God is why you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

2 Corinthians 5:17

So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being!

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

James 2:22

You see that faith was active along with his works, and by works faith was brought to completion.

1 John 3:24

All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit that he has given us.

1 John 4:17

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

1 John 5:20

And 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.

2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it.

Revelation 12:17

Then the dragon was angry with the woman and went off to wage war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 14:12

Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and hold fast to the faith of Jesus.