1 John 5:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² This is [one] way we know that we love God’s [spiritually reborn] children: [It is] when we love God and obey what He commands us to do.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

Common English Bible

² 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

² 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

² 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

“If the world hates you, then know that it has [already] hated me, [even] before it hated you.

1 John 2:3

And here is how we can be assured that we know Jesus [i.e., that we are saved]: [It is] by obeying what He commands us.

1 John 2:5

But the person who obeys what His teaching requires, truly in this person love for God has been made complete. This is [another way] to be sure that we are in [fellowship with] Him:

1 John 3:14

[For] we [can] know that we have passed out of [the realm of spiritual] death and into [spiritual] life, because we [show] love for the brothers [and sisters]. The person who does not love [them] continues to be [spiritually] dead.

1 John 4:21

And this is the [greatest] commandment [See Matt. 2:37-38] we have received from Him: [It requires] that the person who [claims to] love God should also love his brother.