Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
And
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.
Holman Bible
And this is love:
A Conservative Version
And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
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.
Amplified
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.
An Understandable Version
And this is [the true meaning of] love: That we should live in obedience to God's commandments. And this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should live in it [i.e., live a life of love].
Anderson New Testament
And this is -love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
Bible in Basic English
And love is the keeping of his laws. This is the law which was given to you from the first, so that you might keep it.
Common New Testament
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 love.
Daniel Mace New Testament
now love consists in the practice of the divine precepts. this is the precept you have originally receiv'd, as the rule of your conduct.
Darby Translation
And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And this is the love that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you have heard from the beginning, that you may walk in it;
Godbey New Testament
And this is the divine love, that we may walk about according to his commandments; this is the commandment, That, as you heard from the beginning, that you may walk about in it.
Goodspeed New Testament
Love means this, that we be guided by his commands. The command, as you have heard from the beginning, is to be guided by love.
John Wesley New Testament
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye may walk in it.
Julia Smith Translation
And this is love, that we walk about according to his commands. This is the command, That as ye heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
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.
Modern King James verseion
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And this is the love, that we should walk after his commandments. This commandment is, that as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Moffatt New Testament
To live by his commands, that is what love means: and the command is, live in love as you have learned to do from the very beginning.
Montgomery New Testament
And this is love, that we should lead our lives according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should pass your life in love.
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 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.
Noyes New Testament
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
Sawyer New Testament
And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye have heard from the beginning, That ye should walk in it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And this is love--to live in obedience to the Father's commands. This is the Command as you learned from the first, to live in a spirit of love.
Webster
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.
Williams New Testament
Now love means this, that we keep on living in accordance with His commands. The command is this, that we continue to live in love.
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.
Worrell New Testament
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandment. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
Worsley New Testament
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.
Youngs 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,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 John 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Truth And Deception
5 Dear lady, I am now requesting of you that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning. 6 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. 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Cross References
1 John 2:24
What you have heard from the beginning must abide in you. If what you have heard from the beginning abides in you, you will also abide in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 5:3
For this demonstrates our love for God: We keep his commandments, and his commandments are not difficult,
John 14:15
"If you love me, keep my commandments.
John 15:10
If you keep my commandments, you'll abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
John 15:14
You are my friends, if you do what I command you.
1 John 2:5
But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:
John 14:21
The person 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, too, will love him and reveal myself to him."
Romans 13:8-9
Do not owe anyone anything except to love one another. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the Law.
Galatians 5:13-14
For you, brothers, were called to freedom. Only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity to gratify your flesh, but through love make it your habit to serve one another.
1 John 5:15
And if we know that he listens to our requests, we can be sure that we have what we ask him for.
2 John 1:5
Dear lady, I am now requesting of you that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning.