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But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:
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Verse 5. The charity of God is truly perfect. [2] Notwithstanding his lesser failings, he retains the habit of charity and grace, by which he remains united to God.—And by this we know that we are in him; that is we are morally, though not absolutely, certain that we are in the state of grace. Witham.
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