4It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.


In Context

1 The elder,

2 To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth--and not I only, but also all who know the truth-- because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:

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

4 It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us.

5 And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.

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.

2nd John 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I was exceeding glad, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoiced exceedingly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, even as a command we did receive from the Father;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.