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The elder rejoices that some of the children are “walking in the truth” (2 John 1:4). He ties this to living “according to his commandments,” which he says is what love looks like (2 John 1:6). In the letter, walking in truth is presented as an observable pattern of obedience (2 John 1:4–6).
4I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
5Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6This 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.