2 John 1:6

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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.

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  • 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
  • 1 John 2:24 : 24 As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
  • 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
  • John 14:15 : 15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If 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 15:14 : 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
  • Rom 13:8-9 : 8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • 2 John 1:5 : 5 And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I am writing you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • John 14:21 : 21 The one who 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 will reveal myself to him.
  • 1 John 5:15 : 15 And if we know that He hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we already have what we have asked of Him.

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    1The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth—and not only I, but also all who have come to know the truth.

    2Because of the truth that remains in us and will be with us forever.

    3Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, in truth and love.

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    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

    6Whoever says they abide in Him must also walk as He walked.

    7Dear brothers and sisters, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old one that you have had from the beginning. This old commandment is the word you have already heard.

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  • 1 John 3:22-24
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    22And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him.

    23Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us.

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    24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

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    5This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

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    18Little children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.

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    15If you love me, keep my commandments.

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    7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

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    21The one who 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 will reveal myself to him.

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