1 John 5:2 - New Revised Standard Version

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

By this we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the children of God: when we love God and obey His commands (orders, charges)–[when we keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching].

American Standard Version (1901)

Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

Common English Bible

This is how we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep God’s commandments.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In this way, we know that we love those born of God: when we love God and do his commandments.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God, and keep his commandments.

1 John 5:2 Cross References

John 15:17

I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments.

1 John 2:5

but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him:

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life because we love one another. Whoever does not love abides in death.

1 John 4:21

The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also.