He is just rearranging the words here. And really He means all of His words. Not just a couple. Not just a few.
What we have just read there is the whole meaning of life for a Christian. If we are loving Christ, we will be keeping His commandments, and they are from the Father.
I think that we understand that there is a pseudo-Christianity out there - which uses the name of Jesus Christ, but refuses to do His will.
There is nothing hard about that—to know, to understand. Do you love God? You can demonstrate that love by just doing what He says. There is nothing hard about that. It might be hard to do, but it is not hard to understand.