Cross references

1 John 2:5

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

1 John 2:5 BSB

1 John 2:5 has 30 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 14:23 (26 votes) and John 14:21 (21 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Psalm 105 to Revelation 14.

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Which verses does 1 John 2:5 point to?

The 20 strongest of 30, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 14:2326 votes

    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

  2. John 14:2121 votes

    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

  3. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  4. Luke 11:2816 votes

    But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

  5. 1 John 3:2415 votes

    Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

  6. Psalm 119:213 votes

    Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.

  7. 1 John 5:211 votes

    By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

  8. Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

  9. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.

  10. By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  11. John 15:59 votes

    I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

  12. If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  13. Romans 8:16 votes

Which verses point to 1 John 2:5?

The 10 strongest of 13.