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2 John 1:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

2 John 1:6

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4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

5 Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

6 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.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

8 Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

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"but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’"

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2 John 1:1

"The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those who know the truth,"

2 John 1:2

"for the truth’s sake, which remains in us, and it will be with us forever:"

2 John 1:3

"Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love."

2 John 1:4

"I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father."

2 John 1:5

"Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another."

2 John 1:7

"For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don’t confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist."

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