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NASB					1 John 5:3 For ^Athis³⁷⁷⁸ is the love²⁶ of God²³¹⁶, that we ^Bkeep⁵⁰⁸³ His commandments¹⁷⁸⁵; and ^CHis commandments¹⁷⁸⁵ are not burdensome⁹²⁶.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 John 5:3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].

NASB Cross References:
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John 14:15 ¶ "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

1 John 2:3 ¶ By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

Matt 11:30 "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

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Greek Heb.

agapê; from 25; love, goodwill:--beloved(1), love(1), love(112), love feasts(1), love's(1).

926

barus; a prim. word; heavy:--burdensome(1), heavy(1), savage(1), serious(1), weightier provisions(1), weighty(1).

1785

entolê; from 1781; an injunction, order, command:--command(2), commanded*(1), commandment(38), commandments(23), instructions(1), orders(1), requirement(1).

2316

theos; of unc. or.; God, a god:--divinely(1), God(1267), god(6), God's(27), God-fearing(1), godly(2), godly*(1), gods(8), Lord(1).

3778

houtos,
hautê,
touto; prob. from a redupl. of 3588, used as a demonstrative pron.; this:--afterward*(3), especially(1), fact(2), follow*(1), here*(1), hereafter*(1), man(1), now*(1), one(2), one whom(1), partly*(1), person(1), present(1), same(1), so(1), so then*(1), so*(1), some(2), such(2), therefore*(16), these(179), these...things(1), these men(10), these people(1), these things(192), this(737), this man(56), this man's(2), this one(4), this reason*(1), this thing(2), this way(1), this woman(4), this*(1), this...thing(1), those(2), those things(1), very(3), very thing(2), who(2), whom(1).

5083

têreô; from a prim. word têros (a guard); to watch over, to guard:--continue(1), guard(1), guards(1), heed(2), heeds(1), held in custody(1), keep(27), keep watch over(1), keeping(1), keeping guard over(1), keeps(9), kept(12), kept in custody(3), observe(3), preserve(1), preserved(1), reserved(4), watching over(1).
tê and
tên and
tês; dat., acc. and gen. fem. sing. of 3588, q.v.

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