2 John 1:6 — compare English translations
Compare translations2 John 1:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
αὕτη
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἐστὶν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ἀγάπη
agápē
G26
brotherly love
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
περιπατῶμεν
peripatéō
G4043
to walk
κατὰ
katá
G2596
down
τὰς
ho
G3588
the
ἐντολὰς
entolḗ
G1785
commandment
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
αὕτη
hoûtos
G3778
this
ἡ
ho
G3588
the
ἐντολή
entolḗ
G1785
commandment
ἐστιν
eimí
G1510
to be
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
καθὼς
kathṓs
G2531
according as
ἠκούσατε
akoúō
G191
to hear
ἀπ’
apó
G575
from
ἀρχῆς
archḗ
G746
beginning
ἵνα
hína
G2443
that
ἐν
en
G1722
in
αὐτῇ
autós
G846
he
περιπατῆτε
peripatéō
G4043
to walk
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
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King James Version Public Domain
And 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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And this is that love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).