Verse Comparison: 2 John 1:6

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And what this love consists in is this: that we live {and} walk in accordance with {and} guided by His commandments (His orders, ordinances, precepts, teaching). This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you continue to walk in love [guided by it and following it].

Contemporary English Version
Love means that we do what God tells us. And from the beginning, he told you to love him.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
This love I speak of means that we must live in obedience to God's commands. The command, as you have all heard from the beginning, is that you must all live in love.

International Standard Version
And this is love: that we live according to his commandments. This is his commandment, just as you have heard it from the beginning. You must live by it.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

New International Version
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.

New King James Version
This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And this shows love, that we walk according to His commandments This constitutes the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

Young's Literal Translation
and 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,


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