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NASB | 2 John 1:6 And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:6 And this is love: that we walk in accordance with His commandments and are guided continually by His precepts. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should [always] walk in love. |
Bible Question (short): What commandments? Torah? Yes-No? |
Question (full): I've read this many times, but it caught me a bit by surprise this time. It seems to be saying that we ought to walk according to the Torah, or the Mosaic Law. 1 John 2:4-6 also says, Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. We know that Jesus walked according to the Torah--as it ought to have been interpreted. These texts seem to be saying that the commandments of the Mosaic Law were to be "walked" the way Jesus "walked" them. The phrase, "just as you have heard from the beginning" seems to suggest this as well. Then what are the commandments of Jesus, if they are not His "yoke" or His interpretation of the Torah? And His interpretation always came out of love, but it was still centered on the Torah (first 5 books). What am I missing? MJH |
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