1 John 5:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,”
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“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 John 5:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:6but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
- Deuteronomy 5:10but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
- Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
- Deuteronomy 10:12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- 2 Kings 18:6He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
- Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 119:45And I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
- Psalms 119:47I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
- Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Psalms 119:140Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
- Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
- Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Matthew 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Matthew 12:46While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.
- John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
- John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
- Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Hebrews 8:10For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- 1 John 2:3By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
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