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2 John 1:6
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And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
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2 John 1:6 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
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And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
New Living Translation (NLT)
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Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.
The Message Bible (MSG)
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Love means following his commandments, and his unifying commandment is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard, and nothing has changed.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
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Love means that we live by doing what he commands. We were commanded to live in love, and you have heard this from the beginning.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
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And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
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The way we show our love is to obey God's commands. He commands you to lead a life of love. That's what you have heard from the beginning.
2 John 1:6 Meaning and Commentary
2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments
By observing them as a rule of conversation, in so doing love is shown to God; and such may expect the fresh discoveries of the love of God to, them; (See Gill on 1 John 5:3);
this is the commandment, that as ye have heard from the beginning,
ye should walk in it;
that is, this is the will of God, that his people should walk in the truth of the Gospel, and abide by it, as they heard and received it at their first conversion, from the mouths of the apostles, or other faithful ministers of the word; a reason for which, is given in ( 2 John 1:7 ) .
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 John 1:6 In-Context
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It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.
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And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
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And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
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I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
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