2 John 1:4 · KJV
“I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.”
— 2 John 1:4
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. {be: Gr. shall be}
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.
2 John 1 — Context
For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
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. {be: Gr. shall be}
4I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
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.
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.
Cross References
3 John 1:3-4
For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
Ephesians 5:8
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now {are ye} light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians 5:2
And 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.
1 John 2:6
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Hosea 14:9
Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
1 John 1:6-7
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
Malachi 2:6
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
1 Thessalonians 3:6-10
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also {to see} you: