For he joined with the LORD; he didn't depart from following him, but kept his mitzvot, which the LORD commanded Moshe.
1 John 5:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For this is the love of God, that we keep his mitzvot. His mitzvot are not grievous. 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 joined with the LORD; he didn't depart from following him, but kept his mitzvot, which the LORD commanded Moshe.
Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my mitzvot.
I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his mitzvot,
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
If you keep my mitzvot, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's mitzvot, and remain in his love.
Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the mitzvah holy, and righteous, and good.
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my mitzvot.
Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his mitzvot to a thousand generations,
*For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisra'el. After those days,* says the Lord; *I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be to them a God, and they will be to me a people.
This is love, that we should walk according to his mitzvot. This is the mitzvah, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.