1 John 2:5

But whoever obeys his ¹  word, truly in this person ²  the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

Ps 105:45; Ps 106:3; Ps 119:2,4,146; Pr 8:32; Pr 28:7; Ec 8:5; Eze 36:27; Lu 11:28; Joh 6:56; Joh 14:21,23; Joh 15:5; Ro 8:1; 1Co 1:30; 2Co 5:17,21; Col 2:9,10; Jas 2:22; 1Jo 2:3,4; 1Jo 2:27,28; 1Jo 3:24; 1Jo 4:12,18; 1Jo 4:13,15,16; 1Jo 5:20; Re 12:17; Re 14:12

¹ tn The referent of this pronoun is probably to be understood as God, since God is the nearest previous antecedent.

² tn Grk “in him.”