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2 John 1:6
“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.”
2 John 1:6, King James Version (KJV)
“This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.”
World English Bible (WEB)
2 John 1 (KJV)
- 1The 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;
- 2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
- 3Grace 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.
- 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.
- 9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
- 10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
- 11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
- 12Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
- 13The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
Related verses
Passages that readers often connect with 2 John 1:6, in the King James Version.
1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John 2:24
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1 John 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
John 15:10
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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