1 John 5:3 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
LSV Literal Standard Version
for this is the love of God, that we may keep His commands, and His commands are not burdensome;
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
For this is love for God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
This is the love of god that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greveous
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
for this is the love of God, that His commands we may keep, and His commands are not burdensome;
FBV Free Bible Version
Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Porque éste es el amor de Dios, que guardemos sus mandamientos: y los mandamientos de él no son pesados.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Porque este es el amor de Dios, que guardemos sus mandamientos; y sus mandamientos no son penosos.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Amar a Dios es obedecer sus mandamientos; y esto no es difícil,
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
pues éste es el amor de Dios: que guardemos sus Mandamientos, y sus Mandamientos no son insoportables.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Amar a Dios quiere decir que seguimos sus mandamientos, y sus mandamientos no son una carga pesada.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Porque este es el amor de Dios: que guardemos sus mandamientos. Y sus mandamientos no son una carga pesada,
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν,
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
αυτη γαρ εστιν η αγαπη του θεου, ινα τας εντολας αυτου τηρωμεν· και αι εντολαι αυτου βαρειαι ουκ εισιν,
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
αυτη γαρ εστιν η αγαπη του θεου ινα τασ εντολασ αυτου τηρωμεν και αι εντολαι αυτου βαρειαι ουκ εισιν
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν· καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἵνα τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηρῶμεν, καὶ αἱ ἐντολαὶ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖαι οὐκ εἰσίν,
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Hæc est enim caritas Dei, ut mandata ejus custodiamus: et mandata ejus gravia non sunt.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Сїѧ́ бо є҆́сть любы̀ бж҃їѧ, да за́пѡвѣди є҆гѡ̀ соблюда́емъ: и҆ за́пѡвѣди є҆гѡ̀ тѧ̑жки не сꙋ́ть.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Ибо это есть любовь к Богу, чтобы мы соблюдали заповеди Его; и заповеди Его нетяжки.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Διότι αύτη είναι η αγάπη του Θεού, το να φυλάττωμεν τας εντολάς αυτού· και αι εντολαί αυτού βαρείαι δεν είναι.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Јер је ово љубав Божија да заповести Његове држимо; и заповести Његове нису тешке.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Jer je ovo ljubav Božija da zapovesti Njegove držimo; i zapovesti Njegove nisu teške.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَإِنَّ هَذِهِ هِيَ مَحَبَّةُ ٱللهِ: أَنْ نَحْفَظَ وَصَايَاهُ. وَوَصَايَاهُ لَيْسَتْ ثَقِيلَةً،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC