1 John 5:2
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2 This is how we know(A) that we love the children of God:(B) by loving God and carrying out his commands.
1 John 2:5
New International Version
5 But if anyone obeys his word,(A) love for God[a] is truly made complete in them.(B) This is how we know(C) we are in him:
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:5 Or word, God’s love
John 13:34-35
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34 “A new command(A) I give you: Love one another.(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(C) 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”(D)
1 John 4:21
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21 And he has given us this command:(A) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(B)
1 John 3:22-24
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22 and receive from him anything we ask,(A) because we keep his commands(B) and do what pleases him.(C) 23 And this is his command: to believe(D) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,(E) and to love one another as he commanded us.(F) 24 The one who keeps God’s commands(G) lives in him,(H) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.(I)
John 15:17
New International Version
17 This is my command: Love each other.(A)
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