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Living in the Truth

I was overjoyed to find some of your[a] children living truthfully, just as the Father has commanded us. Dear lady, I am now requesting of you[b] that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you[c] a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning. And this is what demonstrates[d] love: that we live according to God’s[e] commandments. Just as you[f] have heard from the beginning what he commanded, you[g] must live by it.

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  1. 2 John 1:4 Lit. your (sing.)
  2. 2 John 1:5 Lit. you (sing.)
  3. 2 John 1:5 Lit. you (sing.)
  4. 2 John 1:6 The Gk. lacks what demonstrates
  5. 2 John 1:6 Lit. his
  6. 2 John 1:6 Lit. you (pl.)
  7. 2 John 1:6 Lit. you (pl.)