2 John 1:6
This 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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John 14:21He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me, and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and I will show myself to him.”
John 15:14You are my friends if you do the things that I command you.
Galatians 5:13For you were called to freedom, brothers. But do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the sinful nature; rather, through love serve one another.
1 John 2:24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 5:15Also, if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask of him—we know that we have whatever 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 →