2 John 1:6

New Century Version

And love means living the way God commanded us to live. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is this: Live a life of love.

Cross References

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will obey my commands.

John 14:21

Those who know my commands and obey them are the ones who love me, and my Father will love those who love me. I will love them and will show myself to them.”

John 14:23

Jesus answered, “If people love me, they will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I remain in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will remain in my love.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Deuteronomy 13:4

Serve only the Lord your God. Respect him, keep his commands, and obey him. Serve him and be loyal to him.

1 John 2:24

Be sure you continue to follow the teaching you heard from the beginning. If you continue to follow what you heard from the beginning, you will stay in the Son and in the Father.

1 John 2:5

But if someone obeys God’s teaching, then in that person God’s love has truly reached its goal. This is how we can be sure we are living in God:

1 John 2:7

My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you but an old command you have had from the beginning. It is the teaching you have already heard.

1 John 5:15

If we know he hears us every time we ask him, we know we have what we ask from him.

1 John 5:3

Loving God means obeying his commands. And God’s commands are not too hard for us,

2 John 1:5

And now, dear lady, this is not a new command but is the same command we have had from the beginning. I ask you that we all love each other.