2 John 1:6 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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ASV

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.

WEB

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

YLT

and this is the love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as ye did hear from the beginning, that in it ye may walk,

DBT

And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.

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2 John — The elder writes to ‘the elect lady and her children’ — thirteen verses of truth and love, with a warning not to welcome those who bring another doctrine.

Author: The apostle John (traditional), styling himself ‘the elder’ (v. 1)
Date: Late 1st century, c. AD 85–95

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Cross-references

14 verses on the floor

John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
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.
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.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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This report is introduced by a particle that bespeaks a reason of the report. "You have need to maintain your love, for there are destroyers of it in the world. Those who subvert the faith destroy the love; the common faith is one ground of the common love;" or, "You must secure your walk according to the commands of God; this will secure you.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

"Love is the fulfilling of the law" (Ro 13:10), and the fulfilling of the law is the sure test of love. This is the commandment--Greek, "The commandment is this," namely, love, in which all God's other commandments are summed up.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And this is the proof of true love, universal obedience built on the love of God. Is the great commandment which ye have heard from the beginning - Of our preaching.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2JN 1:6JHN 14:15 JHN 14:21-24
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2JN 1:6JHN 14:15 1JN 2:3-5
2JN 1:6JHN 14:15 1JN 5:2-3
2JN 1:6JHN 14:15 JHN 15:10-14
2JN 1:6JHN 14:15 1JN 4:19-20
2JN 1:6JHN 15:10 JHN 14:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2JN 1:6JHN 15:10 1JN 5:3
2JN 1:6JHN 15:10 1JN 3:21-24

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