Verse 2

This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

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  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
  • 1 John 3:22-24 : 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 'I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another.' 35 'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment we have from Him: Whoever loves God must also love their brother or sister.
  • John 15:17 : 17 This is my command: Love one another.