1 John 5:2 - The Scriptures 2009

By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His commands.

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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

“These words I command you, so that you love one another.

1 John 2:3

And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.

1 John 2:5

But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. The one not loving his brother stays in death.

1 John 4:21

And we have this command from Him, that the one loving Elohim should love his brother too.