6And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-6)We come now more into the design and substance of the epistle; and here we have, I. The apostle’s request: Now, I beseech thee, lady . Considering what it is that he entreats, the way of address is very remarkable; it is not any particular boon or bounty to himself, but common duty and observance of divine command. Here he might command or charge; but harsher measures are worse than needless where…
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