1 John 5:2 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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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

These things I command you, that ye love one another.

1 John 2:3

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

1 John 2:5

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

1 John 4:21

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.