1 John 5:3

Weymouth NT

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

Cross References

Matthew 23:4

Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.

John 14:15

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

John 15:10

If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love.

John 15:14

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

Romans 7:12

So that the Law itself is holy, and the Commandment is holy, just and good.

Romans 7:22

For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the Law of God;

Hebrews 8:10

`But this is the Covenant that I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days,' says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and will write them upon their hearts. And I will indeed be their God and they shall be My People.

1 John 2:3

And by this we may know that we know Him–if we obey His commands.

2 John 1:6

The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning.