2 John 1:6

(Now this is love: that we walk ¹  according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus ²  you should walk in it. ³ 

biblegateway 2Jo 1:6

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.

biblegateway 2Jo 1:6

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.

biblegateway 2Jo 1:6

Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.

biblegateway 2Jo 1:6

Love means following his commandments, and his unifying commandment is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard, and nothing has changed.

SABDAweb 2Jo 1:6

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.

bibleoremus 2Jo 1:6

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.

biblegateway 2Jo 1:6

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.

biblegateway 2Jo 1:6

(Now this is love: that we walk ¹  according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus ²  you should walk in it. ³ 

¹ tn Or “that we live.”

² tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause indicates result, parallel to John 13:34 where the final ἵνα clause also indicates result.

³ tn Or “should live in obedience to it.”