1 John 5:3

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What does 1 John 5:3 mean?

1 John 5:3 in the original Greek

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Cross references for 1 John 5:3

• John 14:15

  If ye love me, keep my commandments.

• John 15:10

  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.

• Deuteronomy 7:9

  Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

• John 14:21-24

  He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

• 2 John 1:6

  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

• 1 John 2:3

  And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

• Micah 6:8

  He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

• Romans 7:22

  For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

• John 15:14

  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

• Matthew 11:28-30

  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

• Deuteronomy 10:12-13

  And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

• Daniel 9:4

  And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

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Context

• 1 John 5:2

  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

• 1 John 5:3

  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

• 1 John 5:4

  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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