2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we walk according to his commandment; and this is the commandment, as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

7Because many deceivers went out into the world, who acknowledge not that Jesus Christ comes in the flesh. This is the deceiver, and the antichrist.

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Cross References

John 14:21He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you.

Galatians 5:13For ye were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

1 John 2:24What ye heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If what ye heard from the beginning shall abide in you, ye also will abide in the Son, and in the Father.

1 John 5:15And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:6-7

Christian Love. ( a. d. 90.) 5 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. 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. We come now more into the design and substance of the epistle; and here we have, I. The apostle's request: Now, I beseech thee, lady. Considering what it is that he entreats, the way of… Read the whole commentary →

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