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2 John 5–6

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5So now I ask you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.h 6This is love:i that we walk according to his commands.j This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.A

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  1. AOr in it

Cross references

  1. h1Jn 3:11
  2. i1Jn 2:5; 5:3
  3. jPs 103:18; Mk 7:8; Jn 14:15,21,23; 15:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have had from the beginning), that we should love one another. 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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.