2 John 1:5

And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

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In The King James Version

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

In Context

4It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

6And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.

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Cross References

John 13:34I give you a new law: Have love one for another; even as I have had love for you, so are you to have love one for another.

Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,

1 Thessalonians 4:9But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;

1 Peter 1:22And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:

2 Peter 1:7And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

1 John 3:11Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;

Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:2-5

Salutation. ( a. d. 90.) 1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; 2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. 3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. Ancient epistles began, as… Read the whole commentary →

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