1 John 5:2

By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

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Cross References

John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

1 John 2:5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

1 John 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:2-6

Love and Faith. ( a. d. 80.) 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that… Read the whole commentary →

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