1 John 5:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 18:6

And he clung to the Lord, and he did not withdraw from his footsteps, and he carried out his commandments, which the Lord had instructed to Moses.

Exodus 20:6

and showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my precepts.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceful.

Daniel 9:4

And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, "I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments.

Micah 6:8

I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.

Matthew 23:4

For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men's shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.

John 14:15

If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 15:10

If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love, just as I also have kept my Father's precepts and I abide in his love.

John 15:14

You are my friends, if you do what I instruct you.

Romans 7:12

And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 7:22

For I am delighted with the law of God, according to the inner man.

Deuteronomy 5:10

and acting with mercy in thousands of ways to those who love me and keep my precepts.

Deuteronomy 7:9

And you shall know that the Lord your God himself is a strong and faithful God, preserving his covenant and his mercy for those who love him and those who keep his precepts for a thousand generations,

Hebrews 8:10

For this is the testament which I will set before the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their minds, and I will inscribe my laws on their hearts. And so, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

1 John 2:3

And we can be sure that we have known him by this: if we observe his commandments.

2 John 1:6

And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment that you have heard in the same way from the beginning, and in which you should walk.