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By this we know that we are loving[a] the children of God: when we are loving God and doing His commandments. For this is the love of God: that we be keeping His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.

Because The One Born of God Is Victorious Over The World By Faith In Jesus

Because everything having been born from God is being-victorious-over the world. And this is the victory having been-victorious-over the world: our faith!

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 5:2 That is, with love flowing from an abiding relationship with God. In this section, John inseparably binds together love for God, love for His children, believing in His Son, and obeying His commandments. We cannot claim to have one apart from any of the others.

This is how we know(A) that we love the children of God:(B) by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.(C) And his commands are not burdensome,(D) for everyone born of God(E) overcomes(F) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

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