1 John 5:2
By this we know that we love God’s Children — when we love God and carry out his commands.
Twentieth Century New Testament
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
3For to love God is to lay his commands to heart; and his commands are not burdensome,
Cross References
John 13:34I give you a new commandment — Love one another; love one another as I have loved you.
1 John 2:5but, whenever a man lays his Message to heart, in that man the love of God has indeed reached its perfection. By this we know that we are in union with God —
1 John 4:21Indeed, we have this Command from God — ‘He who loves God must also love his Brother.’
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 →