2 John 1:5

And now I ask you, lady, not as writing a new commandment to you, but one which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

4I rejoiced greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.

6This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. 1 Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

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Cross References

John 13:34A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Thessalonians 4:9Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for me to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere love for the brothers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,

2 Peter 1:7and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.

1 John 3:11Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love 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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