2 John 4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 (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. 5 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. 6 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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2 John 4-6
Lexham English Bible
4 I was very glad[a] because I found some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us[b].
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5 And now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have had from the beginning), that we should love one another. 6 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.
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- 2 John 1:4 Literally “I rejoiced exceedingly”
- 2 John 1:4 Literally “we received commandment from the Father”
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