Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. New Living Translation Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. English Standard Version And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. 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. Berean Literal Bible And this is love, that we should walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it. King James Bible 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. New King James Version This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. New American Standard Bible And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you are to walk in it. NASB 1995 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. NASB 1977 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. Legacy Standard Bible And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. Amplified Bible And this is love: that we walk in accordance with His commandments and are guided continually by His precepts. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should [always] walk in love. Christian Standard Bible This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love. Holman Christian Standard Bible And this is love: that we walk according to His commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And this is love, that we walk according to his commandment; this commandment is according to what you have heard from the beginning, in which you have been walking. Contemporary English Version Love means we do what God tells us. And from the beginning, he told you to love him. Douay-Rheims Bible And this is charity, that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment, that, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in the same: English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Love means that we live by doing what he commands. We were commanded to live in love, and you have heard this from the beginning. Good News Translation This love I speak of means that we must live in obedience to God's commands. The command, as you have all heard from the beginning, is that you must all live in love. International Standard Version And this is what demonstrates love: that we live according to God's commandments. Just as you have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you must live by it. Literal Standard Version and this is love, that we may walk according to His commands; this is the command, even as you heard from the beginning, that you may walk in it, Majority 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. New American Bible For this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, in which you should walk. NET Bible (Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it. New Revised Standard Version And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment just as you have heard it from the beginning—you must walk in it. New Heart 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. Webster's Bible Translation And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, that as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. Weymouth New Testament The love of which I am speaking consists in our living in obedience to God's commands. God's command is that you should live in obedience to what you all heard from the very beginning. 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. Young's Literal Translation 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Walking in the Truth…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. 6And 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. 7For 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.… Cross References Deuteronomy 13:4 You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 14:21 Whoever 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." John 14:23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 1 John 2:5 But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him: 1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard. 1 John 2:24 As 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. Treasury of Scripture And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. this is love. John 14:15,21 If ye love me, keep my commandments… John 15:10,14 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… Romans 13:8,9 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law… This is the. 2 John 1:5 And 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. 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. Jump to Previous Beginning Command Commandment Commandments Commands Consists First Follow God's Hear Heard Keeping Law Love Obedience Speaking WalkJump to Next Beginning Command Commandment Commandments Commands Consists First Follow God's Hear Heard Keeping Law Love Obedience Speaking Walk2 John 1 1. He exhorts a certain honorable matron, with her children, to persevere in Christian love and belief,8. lest they lose the reward of their former profession; 10. and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus. Verse 6. - And this is love; i.e., the love which the commandment enjoins consists in this - active and unremitting obedience. Just as in the sphere of thought truth must be combined with love (see on verse 3), so in the sphere of emotion love must be combined with obedience. Warm feelings, whether towards God or towards man, are worse than valueless if they are not united, on the one hand with obedience, on the other with truth. This was the elect lady's danger; in the exuberance of her chanty she was forgetting her obligations to the truth and the commandment. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Andκαὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. this αὕτη (hautē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. is ἐστὶν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. love, ἀγάπη (agapē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 26: From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially a love-feast. that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. we walk περιπατῶμεν (peripatōmen) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. according to κατὰ (kata) Preposition Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined). His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. commandments. ἐντολὰς (entolas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription. This αὕτη (hautē) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. is ἐστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. very καθὼς (kathōs) Adverb Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. commandment ἐντολή (entolē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Strong's 1785: An ordinance, injunction, command, law. From entellomai; injunction, i.e. An authoritative prescription. you have heard ἠκούσατε (ēkousate) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear. from ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [the] beginning, ἀρχῆς (archēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 746: From archomai; a commencement, or chief. that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. you must walk περιπατῆτε (peripatēte) Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [love]. αὐτῇ (autē) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Feminine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Links 2 John 1:6 NIV2 John 1:6 NLT 2 John 1:6 ESV 2 John 1:6 NASB 2 John 1:6 KJV 2 John 1:6 BibleApps.com 2 John 1:6 Biblia Paralela 2 John 1:6 Chinese Bible 2 John 1:6 French Bible 2 John 1:6 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 2 John 1:6 This is love that we should walk (2J iiJ 2Jn ii jn 2 jo) |
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