Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Holman Bible
This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey
International Standard Version
This is how we know that we love God's children: we love God and keep his commandments.
A Conservative Version
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
American Standard Version
Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.
Amplified
By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments.
An Understandable Version
This is [one] way we know that we love God's [spiritually reborn] children: [It is] when we love God and obey what He commands us to do.
Anderson New Testament
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Common New Testament
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
Daniel Mace New Testament
by this we may know that we love the children of God, if we love God, and keep his commandments.
Darby Translation
Hereby know we that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Godbey New Testament
In this we know that we love the children of God with divine love, when we love God with divine love and keep his commandments.
Goodspeed New Testament
This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God: it is by loving God and obeying his commands.
John Wesley New Testament
Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Julia Smith Translation
In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commands.
King James 2000
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and keep his commandments.
Modern King James verseion
By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In this we know that we love the sons of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Moffatt New Testament
This is how we are sure that we love God's children, by loving God and obeying his commands
Montgomery New Testament
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
NET Bible
By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.
New Heart English Bible
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.
Noyes New Testament
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do his commandments.
Sawyer New Testament
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
The Emphasized Bible
Hereby, perceive we, that we love the children of God, as soon as, God, we love, and, his commandments, we are doing.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Twentieth Century New Testament
By this we know that we love God's Children--when we love God and carry out his commands.
Webster
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Weymouth New Testament
The fact that we love God Himself, and obey His commands, is a proof that we love God's children.
Williams New Testament
This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God, by continuing to love God and to obey His commands.
World English Bible
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
Worrell New Testament
In this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and do His commandments.
Worsley New Testament
and in this we know that we love the children of God, since we love God and keep his commandments.
Youngs Literal Translation
in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;
Interlinear
References
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Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Love Revealed
1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child. 2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws. 3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
Cross References
John 13:34-35
I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.
John 15:17
So this is my law for you: Have love one for another.
1 John 2:5
But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:
1 John 3:22-24
And he gives us all our requests, because we keep his laws and do the things which are pleasing in his eyes.
1 John 4:21
And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.