1 John 5:3

New English Translation

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

Cross References

2 Kings 18:6

He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses.

Psalm 119:140

Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it!

Psalm 119:45

I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.

Exodus 20:6

and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the lord my God, confessing in this way: “O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Matthew 23:4

They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Romans 7:12

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

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Deuteronomy 5:10

but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9

So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Hebrews 8:10

“For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

2 John 1:6

(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it.