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1 John 2:5

But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.

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1 John 2:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

1 John 2:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:

1 John 2:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 2:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

1 John 2:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

But if someone obeys God’s teaching, then in that person God’s love has truly reached its goal. This is how we can be sure we are living in God:

1 John 2:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

1 John 2:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.

1 John 2:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God’s love is perfected. That’s how we know we are in Christ.

1 John 2:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God is perfected. This is how we know we are in Him:

1 John 2:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

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

1 John 2:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

But whoever keeps his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

1 John 2:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But if anyone obeys God’s word, then God’s love is truly made complete in that person. Here is how we know we belong to him.

1 John 2:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:


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