# General Information:

John continues to teach his readers about God's love and the love believers are to have because they have this new nature from God.

# is born from God

"is a child of God"

# Because of this we know that we love God's children, when we love God and do his commandments.

"When we love God and do what he commands, then we know that we love his children"

# For this is love for God: that we keep his commandments

"Because when we do what he commands, that is true love for God"

# his commandments are not burdensome

"what he commands is not difficult"

# burdensome

"heavy" or "crushing" or "difficult"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/command]]