1 Juan 5:2

2 Sabemos que amamos a los hijos de Dios si amamos a Dios y obedecemos sus mandamientos.

1 Juan 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 John 5:2

By this we know that we are the children God
The Ethiopic version reads, "by this know that we love God"; which, in connection with what follows, makes a tautology, and is a proving "idem per idem": whereas the apostle's view is to show when love to the saints is right; and that is,

when we love God, and keep his commandments:
love to the brethren may arise from such a cause, as may show that it is not brotherly love, or of a spiritual kind; it may arise from natural relation, or civil friendship, or from a benefit or favour received from them, and from some natural external excellency seen in them; and a man may do acts of love and kindness to the brethren, from what may be called good nature in himself, or with sinister views; but true love to the brethren springs from love to God: such who love the saints aright, and by which they may know they do so, they love them because they themselves love God, and in obedience to his command; they love them because they belong to God, and are the objects of his love; because his grace is wrought in them, and his image stamped upon them.

1 Juan 5:2 In-Context

1 La fe en el Hijo de Dios
Todo el que cree que Jesús es el Cristo
ha llegado a ser un hijo de Dios. Y todo el que ama al Padre ama también a los hijos nacidos de él.

2 Sabemos que amamos a los hijos de Dios si amamos a Dios y obedecemos sus mandamientos.

3 Amar a Dios significa obedecer sus mandamientos, y sus mandamientos no son una carga difícil de llevar.

4 Pues todo hijo de Dios vence a este mundo de maldad, y logramos esa victoria por medio de nuestra fe.

5 ¿Y quién puede ganar esta batalla contra el mundo? Únicamente los que creen que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios.