13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Love
• Obedience and Disobedience

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
• 1John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
• 1Kgs 12:4 — Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
• 1Thess 1:3 — Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
• 2John 1:6 — And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
• 2John 1:6 — And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
• 2Kgs 18:6 — For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
• Dan 9:4 — And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
• Deut 5:10 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
• Deut 6:5 — And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
• Deut 7:9 — Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
• Deut 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s
• Deut 30:6 — And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
• Exod 20:6 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
• Exod 20:6 — And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
• Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
• Heb 8:10 — For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, an
• John 12:26 — If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments.
• John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• John 14:21 — He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
• John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
• John 15:10 — If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
• John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
• John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
• Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
• Matt 7:24 — Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
• Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Matt 11:30 — For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
• Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
• Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Prov 3:17 — Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
• Prov 19:16 — He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
• Ps 1:2 — But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
• Ps 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 78:7 — That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
• Ps 119:4 — Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
• Ps 119:35 — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
• Ps 119:45 — And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
• Ps 119:47 — And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.