6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

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

• 1John 4:19 — We love him, because he first loved us.
• 1John 5:3 — For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• 1John 5:3 — For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
• 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.
• Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
• 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 4:37 — And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
• Deut 5:29 — O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
• 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 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 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.
• Jas 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Jer 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• 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.
• Josh 22:5 — But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to
• Josh 23:11 — Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
• Luke 1:50 — And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
• Neh 1:5 — And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
• Ps 103:17 — But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
• Ps 145:20 — The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
• Rom 8:28 — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• Rom 11:28 — As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.