1 John 5:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: 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 those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
  • John 15:17 : 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 2:3-6
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    3And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

    4He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

    6He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as he walked.

  • 1 John 5:3
    85%

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

  • 1 John 5:1
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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

  • 1 John 3:22-24
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    22And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

    23And this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 1 John 4:6-13
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    6We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

    10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and His love is perfected in us.

    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:19-21
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    19We love Him because He first loved us.

    20If someone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

    21And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

  • 2 John 1:4-6
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    4I rejoiced greatly that I found your children walking in truth, as we received a commandment from the Father.

    5And now I urge you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

    6And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

  • 1 John 3:14
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    14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    16By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

  • 1 John 4:16-17
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    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

  • 1 John 3:10-11
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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

    11For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

  • 1 John 5:18-21
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    18We know that whoever is born of God does not sin, but he who is born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him.

    19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

    21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, little children, abide in him, that when he appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of him.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him.

    2Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

  • John 15:10
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    10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love.

  • John 14:15
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    15If you love me, keep my commandments.

  • John 14:21
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    21He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Be therefore followers of God, as beloved children;

  • John 13:35
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    35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

  • 1 John 5:15
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    15And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 Thess 4:2
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    2For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  • John 15:12
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    12This is my commandment: That you love one another, as I have loved you.