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2 John 1:5–6

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

  1. 1 John 3:11Rank 1 from verse 5
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    11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

  2. John 13:34–35Rank 2 from verse 5
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    34A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

    35By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

  3. John 15:12Rank 3 from verse 5
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    12This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 4:9Rank 4 from verse 5
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    9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

  5. 1 John 3:23Rank 5 from verse 5
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    23And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

  6. 1 John 4:20Rank 6 from verse 5
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    20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

  7. 1 John 3:14–18Rank 7 from verse 5
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    14We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

    15Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

    17But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

    18My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

  8. 1 Peter 4:8Rank 8 from verse 5
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    8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

  9. 1 John 2:7–8Rank 9 from verse 5
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    7Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

    8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

  10. 1 John 4:7–12Rank 10 from verse 5
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    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

    8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

    11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

    12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

  11. 1 Peter 1:22–23Rank 11 from verse 5
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    22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

  12. 2 Peter 1:7Rank 12 from verse 5
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    7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

  13. Ephesians 5:2Rank 13 from verse 5
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    2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  14. Hebrews 13:1Rank 14 from verse 5
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    1LET brotherly love continue.

  15. Galatians 5:22Rank 15 from verse 5
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    22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

From verse 6

  1. 1 John 5:3Rank 1 from verse 6
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    3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  2. 1 John 2:24Rank 2 from verse 6
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    24Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

  3. John 15:10Rank 3 from verse 6
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  4. John 14:15Rank 4 from verse 6
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    15¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  5. 1 John 2:5Rank 5 from verse 6
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    5But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

  6. Galatians 5:13–14Rank 6 from verse 6
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    13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

    14For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  7. John 15:14Rank 7 from verse 6
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    14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  8. Romans 13:8–9Rank 8 from verse 6
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    8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

    9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  9. John 14:21Rank 9 from verse 6
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    21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

  10. 2 John 1:5Rank 10 from verse 6
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    5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

  11. 1 John 5:15Rank 11 from verse 6
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    15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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2 John 1:5

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wrote

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Set down, recorded, composed, or communicated in writing; the past tense of write.

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new

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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2 John 1:6

COMBINED MEANING

love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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commandments

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Commands, orders, or prescribed requirements issued by one who commands.

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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1:1THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

1:2For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

1:3Grace 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.

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

1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

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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.

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1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

1:10If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

1:11For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

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