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2 John 1:6

Love for othersObedience

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 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.

7 For 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.

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

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BSB
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
KJV
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.
WEB
This 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.
ASV
And 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.
DARBY
And 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.
BLB
And this is love, that we should walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you⁺ heard from the beginning, so that you⁺ should walk in it.
ÅB
Og dette er kjærligheten at vi vandrer etter hans bud. Dette er budet, slik som dere hørte det fra begynnelsen, at dere skal vandre etter det.
OTB
Og dette er kjærligheten, at vi lever etter hans bud. Dette er budet, slik som dere har hørt fra begynnelsen, at dere skal vandre i det.
B1930
Og dette er kjærligheten at vi vandrer efter hans bud. Dette er budet, således som I hørte det fra begynnelsen, at I skal vandre efter det.

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