1 John 5:3
New International Version
In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,

New Living Translation
Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.

English Standard Version
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

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

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

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

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

New American Standard Bible
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

NASB 1995
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

NASB 1977
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

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

Amplified Bible
For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].

Christian Standard Bible
For this is what love for God is: to keep his commands. And his commands are not a burden,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this is what love for God is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden,

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For this is the love of God: to keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome.

Contemporary English Version
We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
To love God means that we obey his commandments. Obeying his commandments isn't difficult

Good News Translation
For our love for God means that we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us,

International Standard Version
For this demonstrates our love for God: We keep his commandments, and his commandments are not difficult,

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

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

New American Bible
For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

NET Bible
For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

New Revised Standard Version
For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

New Heart English Bible
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

Webster's Bible Translation
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.

Weymouth New Testament
Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.

World English Bible
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. 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;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Overcoming the World
2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, 4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.…

Cross References
Matthew 11:30
For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

Matthew 23:4
They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

John 14:21
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."

John 14:23
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

1 John 2:3
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

this.

Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 5:10
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 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;

and.

Psalm 19:7-11
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple…

Psalm 119:45,47,48,103,104,127,128,140
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts…

Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

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1 John 5
1. He who loves God loves his children, and keeps his commandments;
3. which to the faithful are not grievous.
9. Jesus is the Son of God;
14. and able to hear our prayers.














Verse 3. - Reason for the preceding statement. "For the love of God consists in this (1 John 4:17), that we keep his commandments: and these are not grievous." These are the words, not merely of an inspired apostle, but of an aged man, with a wide experience of life and its difficulties. "Difficult" is a relative term, depending upon the relation between the thing to be done and the powers of the doer of it. The Christian, whose will is united with the will of God, will not find obedience to that will a task.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γάρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

this
αὕτη (hautē)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

love
ἀγάπη (agapē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast.

of God,
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

we keep
τηρῶμεν (tērōmen)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 5083: From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

commandments.
ἐντολὰς (entolas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.

And
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

commandments
ἐντολαὶ (entolai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription.

are
εἰσίν (eisin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

not
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

burdensome,
βαρεῖαι (bareiai)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's 926: Heavy, weighty, burdensome, lit. and met; violent, oppressive. From the same as baros; weighty, i.e. burdensome, grave.


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