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Andκαὶthisαὕτηisἐστὶνlove,ἡ ἀγάπηthatἵναwe walkπεριπατῶμενaccording toκατὰhis commandments;τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦthisαὕτηisἐστινthe commandment,ἡ ἐντολήjust asκαθὼςyou heardἠκούσατεfromἀπ’the beginning,ἀρχῆςthatἵναyou walkπεριπατῆτεinἐνit.αὐτῇ
2 John 1:6
Study it in the app“And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you walk in it.”
With the Greek beneath
2 John 1:6, word by word
- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- loveἀγάπηagapē
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapē” appears- we walkπεριπατῶμενperipatōmen
walk
To move on foot, step by step, from place to place.
Where else “peripatōmen” appears- his commandmentsἐντολὰςentolas
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolas” appears- you heardἠκούσατεēkousate
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousate” appears- the beginningἀρχῆςarchēs
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēs” appears
Translation note
“In it”: in love, or in the commandment.
The context
5And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 · This verse (above)
7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus the Messiah coming in the flesh; this is the deceiver and the antichrist.