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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.
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Love and Obedience are One
Commentators highlight a circular relationship in this verse: the proof of our love for God is our obedience to His commands, and true obedience is expressed by walking in love. As one scholar notes, love must result in action, and obedience that doesn't lead to a life of love is not genuine obedience to God. They are two sides of the same coin.
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2 John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments (2 John 1:6). This is the proper expression or evidence of love to God. …
Love (η αγαπη). The love just mentioned.
That we should walk (ινα περιπατωμεν). Object clause in nominativ…
19th Century
Anglican
St. John had recently had the opportunity of observing how some of the matron’s children proved their adherence to the truth by their daily conduct…
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Four times in vv.4–6 the author uses the noun “command” (GK 1953). This is his way of making clear that what he is saying is a direct expression of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments By observing them as a rule of conversation, in so doing love …
It is good to be trained in faith from an early age; and children may be beloved for their parents' sake. It gave great joy to the apostle to see c…
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