2 John 1:5

And now I put a request to you, lady (not as though writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have from the beginning): that we love 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 has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received commandment from the Father.

6And this is the love, that we live according to His commandments—this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should live according to it.

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Cross References

John 13:34“I give you a new commandment, 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, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love you do not need to be written to, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another,

1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obeying the truth through the Spirit, resulting in sincere brotherly love, you must love one another fervently from a pure heart,

2 Peter 1:7and to the godliness brotherly affection, and to the brotherly affection love.

1 John 3:11Because this is the message that 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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