6And 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.


In Context

3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

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

5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

6 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.

7 For many deceivers have entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver, and an antichrist.

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

2 John 1:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And this is charity, that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment, that, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in the same:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6This 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:6and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:6And 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.