For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they do not desire to move them with their finger.
1 John 5:3 - English Majority Text Version For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome, Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they do not desire 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 I abide in His love.
Therefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good.
For this is the covenant which I shall covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind, and I shall inscribe them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.