2 John 1:4-6
4 “I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received a commandment to do from the Father. 5 Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. 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 are to walk in it.”
Some of your children: Some of the members of the church were having trouble maturing in God’s grace. This is what John means by walking in the truth. Notice that these people have already received the command from the Father to believe in the Son. This commandment is not new. It is God’s pleading for us to believe in His goodness and love and transmit this love to others. Love is the defining characteristic of Christians.
His commandments: John is not referring to the Old Covenant law but rather the command to believe in Jesus and love one another (1 John 3:23). These are the New Covenant laws: Believe and love. We receive God’s love for us in Christ and transmit it to others.
