ὃς δ’ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ τετελείωται· ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν (1 John 2:5)

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Title:  But Whoever Keeps His Word Truly, in Him the Love of God is Perfected; In This we Know that We are In Him

The text is, “ὃς δ’ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ τετελείωται· ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν”.

ὃς -> masculine, singular, nominative, definite, relative pronoun -> whoever

δ’ -> coordinating conjunction -> but

ἂν -> particle -> whoever | ever NRIEH

τηρῇ -> third person, singular, present, active, subjunctive verb -> keeps | guards

αὐτοῦ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, genitive pronoun -> his

τὸν -> masculine, singular, accusative article -> the NRIEH

λόγον -> masculine, singular, accusative noun -> word

ἀληθῶς -> adverb -> truly

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

τούτῳ -> masculine, singular, dative, demonstrative pronoun -> him

ἡ -> feminine, singular, nominative article -> the

ἀγάπη -> feminine, singular, nominative noun -> love

τοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive article -> the NRIEH

θεοῦ -> masculine, singular, genitive noun -> of God

τετελείωται -> third person, singular, perfect, passive, indicative verb -> is perfected | is finished

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in | by

τούτῳ -> neuter, singular, dative, demonstrative pronoun -> this

γινώσκομεν -> first person, plural, present, active, indicative verb -> we know

ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that

ἐν -> preposition taking the dative for its object word -> in

αὐτῷ -> third person, personal, masculine, singular, dative pronoun -> him

ἐσμεν -> first person, plural, present, indicative verb -> are

The meaning of this verse is,

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

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