Cross references

2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

2 John 1:6 BSB

2 John 1:6 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 John 5:3 (27 votes) and John 15:10 (19 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 20 to 3 John 1.

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Which verses does 2 John 1:6 point to?

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

  1. 1 John 5:327 votes

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  2. John 15:1019 votes

    If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

  3. 1 John 2:2419 votes

    As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father.

  4. John 14:1518 votes

    If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

  5. For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  6. 1 John 2:516 votes

    But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

  7. John 15:1415 votes

    You are My friends if you do what I command you.

  8. Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  9. John 14:2113 votes

    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

  10. 2 John 1:510 votes

    And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Which verses point to 2 John 1:6?

The 10 strongest of 16.