2 John 1:5

Now I plead with you, lady—not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning—that we should love one another.

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

6This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

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Cross References

John 13:34I am giving you a new commandment, that you should love one another; as I have loved you, so also you should love one another.

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

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

1 Peter 1:22You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth. This was for the purpose of sincere brotherly love; so love one another earnestly from the heart. + 1:22 Some older versions read, You made your souls pure by obedience to the truth through the Spirit .

2 Peter 1:7to godliness add brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection add love.

1 John 3:11For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning: 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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