1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments,.... Keeping of the commandments of God is an evidence of love to God; this shows that love is not in word and tongue, in profession only,…

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments - This constitutes true love; this furnishes the evidence of it. And his commandments are not grievous - Greek, “heavy” - βαρεῖαι bareiai;…

For this is the love of God - This the love of God necessarily produces. It is vain to pretend love to God while we live in opposition to his will.

His commandments - To love him with all our heart,…

I. The apostle having, in the conclusion of the last chapter, as was there observed, urged Christian love upon those two accounts, as suitable to Christian profession and as suitable to the divine…

For this is the love of God Or, For the love of God is this, i.e. consists in this: see on 1Jn 1:5. The truth implied in 1Jn 5:5, that love involves obedience, is here explicitly stated. Comp. Joh…