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2 John 1:6

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.

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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.

KJV

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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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
αὕτηhautēthisG3778 →
ἐστὶνestinisG1510 →
ἡhē<the>G3588 →
ἀγάπηagapēloveG26 →
ἵναinathatG2443 →
περιπατῶμενperipatōmenwe may walkG4043 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
ἐντολὰςentolascommandmentsG1785 →
αὐτοῦ.autouof Him.G846 →
αὕτηhautēThisG3778 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ἐντολήentolēcommandmentG1785 →
ἐστινestinisG1510 →
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531 →
ἠκούσατεēkousateyou have heardG191 →
ἀπ᾽ap᾽fromG575 →
ἀρχῆς,archēs[the] beginning,G746 →
ἵναinaso thatG2443 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
αὐτῇautēaitG846 →
περιπατῆτε·peripatēteyou may walk;G4043 →

The walk

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1 John 5:3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,1 John 2:24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.John 14:15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.Galatians 5:13–14For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.1 John 2:5But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.Romans 13:8–9Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”2 John 1:5And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.Ezekiel 36:27And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.1 John 5:15And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.Exodus 20:6but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.Numbers 9:18At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

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