Cross references

2 John 1:4

I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

2 John 1:4 BSB

2 John 1:4 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 3 John 1:3–4 (12 votes) and Ephesians 5:8 (9 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Psalm 26 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does 2 John 1:4 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. For I was overjoyed when the brothers came and testified about your devotion to the truth, in which you continue to walk. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

  2. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

  3. and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

  4. 1 John 2:68 votes

    Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.

  5. Hosea 14:97 votes

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

  6. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

  7. True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

  8. But just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you. For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith. …

  9. When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

  10. Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.

Which verses point to 2 John 1:4?

The 10 strongest of 24.