1 John 2:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὃς δʼ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ τετελείωται: ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν.

Transliteration

Whoever d' an may tērē of him the logon, alēthōs in this the agapē of the Theou has been teteleiōtai: in this we ginōskomen that in him we esmen.

Grammar Details

• *d'*: particle, contracted form of *de* - but/and/now
• *an*: particle denoting contingency with subjunctive verb
• *tērē*: present, subjunctive, active, 3rd person singular - might keep/observe
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word/message/account
• *alēthōs*: adverb - truly/genuinely/really
• *agapē*: nominative, feminine, singular - love
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God/deity
• *teteleiōtai*: perfect, indicative, passive, 3rd person singular - has been perfected/completed
• *ginōskomen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we know
• *esmen*: present, indicative, active, 1st person plural - we are/exist

Word Meanings

• *tērē*: keep/observe/obey/guard
• *logon*: word/message/account/statement/teaching
• *alēthōs*: truly/genuinely/really/actually
• *agapē*: love/affection/benevolence
• *teteleiōtai*: has been perfected/completed/fulfilled/accomplished

Referenced Verses

• John 14:23 : 23 Jesus replied,“If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
• 1 John 4:12-13 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit.
• John 14:21 : 21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”
• 1 John 3:24 : 24 And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.
• Rev 14:12 : 12 This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints– those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.
• 1 John 4:15-16 : 15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him.
• 1 John 4:18 : 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love.
• 1 John 5:2 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.
• 1 John 2:3-4 : 3 Keeping God’s Commandments Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. 4 The one who says“I have come to know God” and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person.
• Ps 119:146 : 146 I cried out to you,“Deliver me, so that I can keep your rules.”
• Ps 106:3 : 3 How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!
• Ps 119:2 : 2 How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart,
• Luke 11:28 : 28 But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
• John 6:56 : 56 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.
• Ps 119:4 : 4 You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.
• Prov 8:32 : 32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Eccl 8:5 : 5 Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.
• Ezek 36:27 : 27 I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations.
• John 15:5 : 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me– and I in him– bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
• 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away– look, what is new has come!
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God.
• Col 2:9-9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
• Jas 2:22 : 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works.
• 1 John 2:27-28 : 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him. 28 Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.
• Ps 105:45 : 45 so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the LORD!
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life.
• Rev 12:17 : 17 So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God’s commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus.