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Source language
Original Greek   
ὃς δʼ ἂν τηρῇ αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ἀληθῶς ἐν τούτῳ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ τετελείωται. ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐσμεν·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
os d' an tere autou ton logon, alethos en touto e agape tou theou teteleiotai. en touto ginoskomen oti en auto esmen*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
qui autem servat verbum eius vere in hoc caritas Dei perfecta est in hoc scimus quoniam in ipso sumus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
But whoever keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
But he who keeps his word, in this one truly the love of God is perfected, for by this we know that we are in him.
Darby Bible Translation   
but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfected; and by this we know that we are in him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
God's Word   
But whoever obeys what Christ says is the kind of person in whom God's love is perfected. That's how we know we are in Christ.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
But whoever keeps His word, truly in him the love of God is perfected. This is how we know we are in Him:
International Standard Version   
But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:
NET Bible   
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.
New American Standard Bible   
but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:
New International Version   
But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:
New Living Translation   
But those who obey God's word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.
Webster's Bible Translation   
But whoever keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: by this we know that we are in him.
Weymouth New Testament   
But whoever obeys His Message, in him love for God has in very deed reached perfection. By this we can know that we are in Him.
The World English Bible   
But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most certainly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him: