(A)I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received a commandment to do from the Father. Now I ask you, lady, (B)not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had (C)from the beginning, that we (D)love one another. And (E)this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, (F)just as you have heard (G)from the beginning, that you are to walk in it.

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Living in the Truth

I was overjoyed to find some of your[a] children living truthfully, just as the Father has commanded us. Dear lady, I am now requesting of you[b] that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you[c] a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning. And this is what demonstrates[d] love: that we live according to God’s[e] commandments. Just as you[f] have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you[g] must live by it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 John 1:4 Lit. your (sing.)
  2. 2 John 1:5 Lit. you (sing.)
  3. 2 John 1:5 Lit. you (sing.)
  4. 2 John 1:6 The Gk. lacks what demonstrates
  5. 2 John 1:6 Lit. his
  6. 2 John 1:6 Lit. you (pl.)
  7. 2 John 1:6 Lit. you (pl.)