11 translations · Greek
1 John 5:3
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
1 John 5:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
- KJV King James Version
- For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- ASV American Standard Version
- For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for this is the love of God, that we may keep His commands, and His commands are not burdensome;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;
- DBY Darby Translation
- For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| αὕτη | hautē | this | G3778 οὗτος this/he/she/it |
| γάρ | gar | For | G1063 γάρ for |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀγάπη | agapē | love | G26 ἀγάπη love |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| ἵνα | hina | that | G2443 ἵνα in order that/to |
| τὰς | tas | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐντολὰς | entolas | commandments | G1785 ἐντολή commandment |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| τηρῶμεν | tērōmen | we keep | G5083 τηρέω to keep: observe |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 καί and |
| αἱ | hai | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἐντολαὶ | entolai | commandments | G1785 ἐντολή commandment |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| βαρεῖαι | bareiai | burdensome | G926 βαρύς weighty |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 οὐ no |
| εἰσίν | eisin | are | G1510 εἰμί to be |
Related verses
- John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commandments.
- John 15:10
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
- Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- John 14:21–24
One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. …
- 2 John 1:6
This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
- 1 John 2:3
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.
- Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Romans 7:22
For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Matthew 11:28–30
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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In context
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
3 For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Read all of 1 John 5 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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