1 John 5:3

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

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

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

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

5 Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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.
DARBY
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
BLB
For this is the love of God, that we should keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
ÅB
For dette er kjærligheten til Gud at vi holder hans bud; og hans bud er ikke tunge.
OTB
For dette er hvordan vi viser vår kjærlighet til Gud: ved å holde Hans bud; og Hans bud er ikke tunge.
B1930
For dette er kjærligheten til Gud at vi holder hans bud; og hans bud er ikke tunge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 14:15

    If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.”

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  • 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.

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  • 1 John 2:3

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

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  • 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?

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  • Romans 7:22

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

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