1 John 5:3
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten 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 grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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 ye love me, keep my commandments.
Read in contextJohn 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Read in contextJohn 14:21–24
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Read in context2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Read in context1 John 2:3
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Read in contextMicah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Read in contextRomans 7:22
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
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