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And this is love: that we be walking according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you[a] all heard from the beginning, that you should be walking in it.

Because There Are Many Deceivers. Watch Out, And Abide In The Teaching of Christ

Because many deceivers went-out into the world— the ones not confessing Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. Be watching yourselves in order that you[b] may not lose[c] the things which we[d] accomplished, but may receive a full reward.

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  1. 2 John 1:6 you... you. This is plural. John turns from addressing the lady in v 5, to them all.
  2. 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts say ‘we’.
  3. 2 John 1:8 Or, ruin, waste.
  4. 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts say ‘you’.

And this is love:(A) that we walk in obedience to his commands.(B) As you have heard from the beginning,(C) his command is that you walk in love.

I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(D) as coming in the flesh,(E) have gone out into the world.(F) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(G) Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(H)

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  1. 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts you