1 John 5:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome (burdensome, oppressive, or grievous).

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

This is the love of God: we keep God’s commandments. God’s commandments are not difficult,

Catholic Public Domain Version

For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

1 John 5:3 Cross References

2 Kings 18:6

For he clave to the LORD, he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.

Psalm 119:140

Thy word is very pure; therefore thy servant loveth it.

Psalm 119:45

And I will walk at liberty; For I have sought thy precepts.

Exodus 20:6

and shewing mercy unto thousands, of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

Daniel 9:4

And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments;

Micah 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?

Matthew 23:4

Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

John 14:15

If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.

John 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.

John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

Romans 7:12

So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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;

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:

1 John 2:3

And hereby know we that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.