1 John 5:3
For this is the ahavas Hashem, that we are shomer over His mitzvot, and His mitzvot are not burdensome. + 5:3 Dt 30:11
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:10And showing chesed unto thousands of them that love Me and are shomer over My mitzvot.
Deuteronomy 10:12And now, Yisroel, what doth Hashem Eloheicha require of thee, but to fear Hashem Eloheicha, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Hashem Eloheicha with all thy lev and with all thy nefesh,
Psalms 19:7Its going forth is from the end of HaShomayim, 1 and its circuit unto the ends of it; 1 and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 1
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in Thy mitzvot, 1 which I love. 1
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love Thy mitzvot above zahav; 1 yes, above fine gold. 1
Proverbs 3:17Her drakhim are drakhim of pleasantness, 1 and all her netivot (trodden paths) are shalom. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:2-6
Love and Faith. ( a. d. 80.) 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten 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 the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that… Read the whole commentary →