1 John 5:2

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 5:2 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
  2. John 15:17This is My command to you: Love one another.
  3. 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:
  4. 1 John 3:22and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
  5. 1 John 4:21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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