1 John 1:10

1:10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

1 John 2:5

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.

[2:5]  ¹ tn The referent of this pronoun is probably to be understood as God, since God is the nearest previous antecedent.

[2:5]  ² tn Grk “in him.”