³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands.^(A) And his commands are not burdensome,^(B)

²⁹ Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!^(A)

Saved in Order to Do Good

3 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities,^(A) to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,^(B)

³⁹ Acknowledge^(A) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.^{(B) 40} Keep^(C) his decrees and commands,^(D) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well^(E) with you and your children after you and that you may live long^(F) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^{[a](A) 5} Love^(B) the Lord your God with all your heart^(C) and with all your soul and with all your strength.^{(D) 6} These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.^(E)

⁴ Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^{[a](A) 5} Love^(B) the Lord your God with all your heart^(C) and with all your soul and with all your strength.^{(D) 6} These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.^(E)

⁶ The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants,^(A) so that you may love^(B) him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.