For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not move them with their finger.
1 John 5:3 - Wesley's New Testament 1755 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments 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 they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they will not move them with their finger.
If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter,
Abide ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. I no longer call you servants,
So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye may walk in it.