New American Standard Bible 1995
1 John 5:3
3For 1this is the love of God, that we 2keep His commandments; and 3His commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 5:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- New International Version (NIV)In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,
- English Standard Version (ESV)For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
Context of 1 John 5:3
1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 4For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. 5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Read all of 1 John 51 John 5:3 word by word
αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 John 5:3
- Exodus 20:6but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
- Deuteronomy 5:10but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
- Deuteronomy 7:9Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
- Deuteronomy 10:12“Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Daniel 9:4I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed and said, “Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Matthew 12:47Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.”
- John 14:15“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
- John 14:21He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
- John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
- 2 John 1:6And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
- Psalms 19:7The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
- Psalms 119:45And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace.
- Micah 6:8He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?
- Matthew 11:28“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
- Romans 7:12So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
Commentaries on 1 John 5:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For this is the love of God - This the love of God necessarily produces. It is vain to pretend love to God while we live in opposition to his will. His commandments - To love him with all our heart, and our neighbor as ourselves, are not grievous - are not burdensome; for no man is burdened with the duties which his own love imposes. The old proverb explains the meaning of the apostle's words, Love feels no loads. Love to God brings strength from God…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments - This constitutes true love; this furnishes the evidence of it. And his commandments are not grievous - Greek, “heavy” - ͂ bareiaithat is, difficult to be borne as a burden. See Matthew 11:30. The meaning is, that his laws are not unreasonable; the duties which he requires are not beyond our ability; his government is not oppressive. It is easy to obey God when the heart is right; and those who…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Those who believe that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God have been born spiritually as children of God (see John 20:31). The Spirit of God empowers them to love God and others. Their faith helps them obey God and resist the evil temptations in the world. Through faith, they can love and obey God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. this is--the love of God consists in this. not grievous--as so many think them. It is "the way of the transgressor" that "is hard." What makes them to the regenerate "not grievous," is faith which "overcometh the world" (1Jo 5:4): in proportion as faith is strong, the grievousness of God's commandments to the rebellious flesh is overcome. The reason why believers feel any degree of irksomeness in God's commandments is, they do not realize fully by…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 1 John 5:3 John 14:15; 2 John 6 ↩
- 2. 1 John 5:3 1 John 2:3 ↩
- 3. 1 John 5:3 Matt 11:30; 23:4 ↩
Commentaries on 1 John 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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