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2 John 1:6 — And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the…
“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.”
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The verses around 2 John 1:6.
4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
5And 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.
6And 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.
7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Verse explanation
Defines love in practical terms: it is not a feeling, it is obeying God's commandments — the same teaching repeated in 1 John about walking according to what was heard from the beginning.
From the 2 John 1 study in Bible in Stories.
2 John 1:6 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E a caridade é esta: que andemos segundo os seus mandamentos. Este é o mandamento, como já desde o principio ouvistes, que n'elle andeis.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E este é o amor: que andemos segundo seus mandamentos. E este é o mandamento, como [já] ouvistes desde o princípio: que nele andeis.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Y esto es el amor: que sigamos los mandamientos de Dios. Y el mandamiento, como oíste desde el principio, es que debemos vivir en amor.
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