1YHN 5:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because the definition of loving God is obeying his commands and his commands are not a big strain on us

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For this is the love of God, that we should keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

UST I am saying this because what loving God really means is that we do what he commands us to do. And it is not difficult to do what he commands us to do.

BSB For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

BLB For this is the love of God, that we should keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

AICNT For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not burdensome.

OEB For to love God is to do what he commands and his commands are not a burden,

WEBBE For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down,

LSV for this is the love of God, that we may keep His commands, and His commands are not burdensome;

FBV Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.

TCNT For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

T4T I say this because our obeying what God commands us to do is the same as loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for us to do what God commands us to do.

LEB For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,

BBE For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

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Wymth Love for God means obedience to His commands; and His commands are not irksome.

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

DRA For this is the charity of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not heavy.

YLT for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;

Drby For this is the love of [fn]God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.

5.3 Elohim

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

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

KJB-1769 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

KJB-1611 For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements, and his commandements are not grieuous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundementes are not greeuous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.
(For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdenous. )

Cvdl For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundemetes are not greuous.
(For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments, and his commaundemetes are not greuous.)

TNT This is the love of god that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greveous
(This is the love of god that we keep his commandments and his commandments are not greveous )

Wycl For this is the charite of God, that we kepe hise maundementis; and his maundementis ben not heuy.
(For this is the charity of God, that we keep his maundementis; and his maundementis been not heuy.)

Luth Denn das ist die Liebe zu GOtt, daß wir seine Gebote halten; und seine Gebote sind nicht schwer.
(Because the is the love to God, that we/us his Gebote halten; and his Gebote are not schwer.)

ClVg Hæc est enim caritas Dei, ut mandata ejus custodiamus: et mandata ejus gravia non sunt.[fn]
(This it_is because caritas of_God, as mandata his custodiamus: and mandata his gravia not/no are. )

5.3 Gravia non sunt. BEDA. Non trahunt deorsum, ut talentum plumbi, etc., usque ad ne quis sua virtute confidat se posse vincere mundum, subdit de fide:

5.3 Gravia not/no are. BEDA. Non trahunt deorsum, as talentum plumbi, etc., until to not who/any his_own virtute confidat se posse vincere the_world, subdit about fide:

UGNT αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν; καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν,
(hautaʸ gar estin haʸ agapaʸ tou Theou, hina tas entolas autou taʸrōmen; kai hai entolai autou bareiai ouk eisin,)

SBL-GNT αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν, καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν,
(hautaʸ gar estin haʸ agapaʸ tou theou hina tas entolas autou taʸrōmen, kai hai entolai autou bareiai ouk eisin,)

TC-GNT Αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.
(Hautaʸ gar estin haʸ agapaʸ tou Theou, hina tas entolas autou taʸrōmen; kai hai entolai autou bareiai ouk eisin. )

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γάρ

for

In this verse, John gives a reason why his readers should recognize that the statement he makes in the previous verse is true. Alternate translation: [After all,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν

this for is the love ¬the ˱of˲_God that the commandments ˱of˲_him ˱we˲_/may_be/_keeping

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly why this is the reason for the statement that John makes in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [And this is why: If we really do love God, we will love other believers, as he has commanded]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ

the love ¬the ˱of˲_God

In this context, the phrase the love of God refers to believers loving God. John speaks in the previous verse of “when we love God.” Alternate translation: [what it means to love God]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν

that the commandments ˱of˲_him ˱we˲_/may_be/_keeping

Here, keep is an idiom that means “obey.” Alternate translation: [that we should obey his commandments]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν

the commandments ˱of˲_him heavy not are

John speaks of God’s commandments as if they had weight but did not weigh very much. Alternate translation: [his commandments are not difficult to obey]

Parallel 1YHN 5:3