2 John 1:5

And now I implore you, dear lady, let us love one another This is not a new command I am writing to you. It is the command we have had from the beginning. – Let us 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 was a great joy to me to find the lives of some of your children guided by the truth, in obedience to the command that we received from the Father.

6And this is love – to live in obedience to the Father’s commands. This is the command as you learned from the beginning, to live a life of love.

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Cross References

John 13:34I give you a new commandment – love one another; love one another as I have loved you.

Galatians 5:22But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

1 Thessalonians 4:9As to love for each other there is no need to write to you; for you have yourselves been taught by God to love one another;

1 Peter 1:22Now that, by your obedience to the truth, you have purified your lives, so that there is growing up among you a genuine affection, love one another earnestly with all your hearts;

2 Peter 1:7piety by mutual affection, and mutual affection by love.

1 John 3:11For this is the message we heard from the beginning: we are to 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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