Verse 2

By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever obeys his word, truly in this 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 the things that are pleasing to 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 gave us the commandment. 24 And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.
  • John 13:34-35 : 34 “I give you a new commandment– to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples– if you have love for one another.”
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
  • John 15:17 : 17 This I command you– to love one another.