1 John 5:3

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Hæc est enim caritas Dei, ut mandata ejus custodiamus: et mandata ejus gravia non sunt.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

1 John 5:1–5

Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God have been born spiritually as children of God (see John 20:31). The Spirit of God empowers them to love God and others. Their faith helps them obey God and resist the evil temptations in the world. Through faith, they can love and obey God.

Related verses

John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 15:10
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
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
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
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.
1 John 2:3
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
Micah 6:8
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
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
John 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Matthew 11:28–30
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Deuteronomy 10:12–13
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Daniel 9:4
And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Glossary

Destiny First Letter of John God, Being and Attributes of Son of God

Topics

Christian Conduct: Obeying God Defiance Following the Will of God Law: General Scriptures Concerning Love of Man for God Love to God: should Produce Obedience to God Obedience: General Scriptures Concerning Palm Sunday Real Love Righteousness: Fruits of The Law of God: Not Grievous The Law of God: Obedience to a Test of Love

1 John 5:3

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