InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV By this we_are_knowing that we_are_loving the children of_ the _god:
whenever we_are_loving the god, and we_may_be_keeping the commands of_him.
Read 4:7–5:12 carefully.
Section Theme: In this section John gives two reasons why we should love one another:
4:7–12 | God has shown us what true love is by sending his Son to die for us. |
4:13–21 | God has loved us so much that we have a duty to love others. |
At the end of the section, in 5:1–12, he shows how it is believing in Jesus that enables us to both love and obey God.
Read 5:1–5 in both BSB and GNT. Compare the two versions.
Paragraph Theme: These verses show that believing in Jesus is what makes us all fellow Christians. They also show that if we believe in Jesus we have power to love and to obey God’s commands.
By this we know that we love the children of God:
So we(incl) know certainly that we are truly loving God’s children
By this: (Alternative Interpretations) There are two views as to what the word this refers to:
It is probably giving emphasis to the second half of the verse.
Some think it refers back to the idea in 5:1 that whenever we love someone we also love their children. (NEB)
when we love God and keep His commandments.
if/when we are loving God and are doing what he has told us to do.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τά τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅταν τόν Θεόν ἀγαπῶμεν καί τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν)
This is an idiomatic expression that John uses many times in this letter. Alternate translation: [This is how we know that]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
τὰ τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τά τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅταν τόν Θεόν ἀγαπῶμεν καί τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν)
Since John says in the previous verse that God is the spiritual father of believers, by the children of God he means other believers. Alternate translation: [our fellow believers]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν
(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τά τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅταν τόν Θεόν ἀγαπῶμεν καί τάς ἐντολάς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν)
Here, keep is an idiom that means “obey.” Alternate translation: [we obey his commandments]
OET-LV By this we_are_knowing that we_are_loving the children of_ the _god:
whenever we_are_loving the god, and we_may_be_keeping the commands of_him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.
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