For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses.
1 John 5:3 - English Standard Version 2016 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses.
but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.