2 John 1:6

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And this is love, that we should walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you⁺ heard from [the] beginning, so that you⁺ should walk in it.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 John 1

⁴ I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

⁵ And 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.

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.

⁷ For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

⁸ Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

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