1 John 5:3

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

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

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν, καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν,

RP2018

Αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.

TR-Boyd

Αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.

SCR1894

αυτη γαρ εστιν η αγαπη του θεου ινα τας εντολας αυτου τηρωμεν και αι εντολαι αυτου βαρειαι ουκ εισιν

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• John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
• John 15:10If 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 7:9Know 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 14:21–24Whoever 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.” Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You…
• 2 John 1:6And 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 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
• Micah 6:8He 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?
• John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
• Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
• Matthew 11:28–30Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My…
• Deuteronomy 10:12–13And 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, and to keep the…
• Daniel 9:4And 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,
• Psalms 119:47–48I delight in Your commandments because I love them. I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
• Matthew 12:46–50While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him. Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” But Jesus…
• Hebrews 8:10For 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.
• Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.

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