2 John 1:5

5 Now I ask you, lady, 1not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had 2from the beginning, that we 3love one another.

2 John 1:5 In-Context

3 Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father.
5 Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Cross References 3

  • 1. 1 John 2:7
  • 2. 1 John 2:7
  • 3. John 13:34, 35; John 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:7, 11
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