1 John 5:2–3
Loving God shows in keeping his commandments, which are not burdensome
Study it word by word2By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and carry out his commandments.
3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome,
In its context
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born of God, and everyone who loves the one who fathered loves also the one born of him.
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4because everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
5And who is the one who overcomes the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
Its words in the original
- γινώσκομενginōskomen· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen· love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
- τέκναtekna· child
Child, son, daughter.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ὅτανhotan· when, whenever
When, whenever.
- ἐντολὰςentolas· commandment
Commandment, order.
- ποιῶμενpoiōmen· do, make
Do, make, produce.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- ἀγάπηagapē· love
Love.
- τηρῶμενtērōmen· keep
Keep, obey; also guard, preserve.
- βαρεῖαιbareiai· heavy, burdensome
Heavy, hard to bear.