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I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father. 5 So now I ask you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. 6 This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.
2 John 1:4-6 (CSB)
1. I should never grow tired of love
So now I ask you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
2 John 1:5 (CSB)
2. I should practice love in all my relationships
So now I ask you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
2 John 1:5 (CSB)
This is my command: Love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:12 (CSB)
3. I should express love by following Jesus’ commands
This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 (CSB)
Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 5:13 (NLT)
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
John 13:34 (NIV)
4. I should make love a lifestyle
This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 (CSB)
And walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Ephesians 5:2 (CSB)