1 John 5:3 “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His co…”

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

World English Bible

For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

American Standard Version

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Geneva Bible 1599

For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.

Darby Translation

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.

Young's Literal Translation

for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

Bible in Basic English

For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

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Cross references

“this”

John 14:15 John 15:10 Deuteronomy 7:9 John 14:21–24 2 John 1:6 John 15:14

John 14:15 · BSB

If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

John 15:10 · BSB

If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

Deuteronomy 7:9 · BSB

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

John 14:21–24 · BSB

Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

2 John 1:6 · BSB

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

John 15:14 · BSB

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

“and”

Micah 6:8 Romans 7:22 Matthew 11:28–30 Romans 7:12 Hebrews 8:10 Psalm 19:7–11

Micah 6:8 · BSB

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Romans 7:22 · BSB

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

Matthew 11:28–30 · BSB

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Romans 7:12 · BSB

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

Hebrews 8:10 · BSB

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Psalm 19:7–11 · BSB

The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

Also

1 John 2:3 Matthew 12:46–50

1 John 2:3 · BSB

By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

Matthew 12:46–50 · BSB

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

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