{"id":2393,"date":"2026-01-21T00:08:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2026-01-20T21:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:33:06","slug":"january-21-walk-after-his-commandments-2-john-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/january-21-walk-after-his-commandments-2-john-16\/","title":{"rendered":"January 21\u2014Walk After His Commandments\u20142 John 1:6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Walk After His Commandments.
\n<\/em>This is love that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.<\/em>\u00a0 2 John 1:6.<\/p>\n

What is the commandment that we have heard from the beginning?\u00a0 It is to love your neighbor as yourself.
\n\u201cDo not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.\u201d <\/em>\u00a0Leviticus 19:18.<\/p>\n

So, today\u2019s verse emphasizes that true love involves obedience to God\u2019s commandments, specifically the commandment to love one another which we have been told from the beginning. \u00a0In the New Testament, Jesus tells us to love one another and to love our neighbor as ourselves and this is the same thing God was telling the Israelites in the Old Testament. That is why this verse is saying we have been told this from the beginning.<\/p>\n

The Greatest Commandment:
\n<\/u>Jesus replied, \u201cThis is the most important: \u2026
\nLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
\n<\/em>The second is this: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.
\n<\/em>No other commandment is greater than these.\u201d
\n<\/em>Mark 12:30-31.<\/p>\n

Then, walking according to God\u2019s commandments as Jesus said in Mark 12:30-31, shows we love Him.<\/p>\n

\u00a92026 SGLY Ministry.
\nSmile God Loves You Org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walk After His Commandments. This is love that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.\u00a0 2 John 1:6. What is the commandment that we have heard from the beginning?\u00a0 It is to love your neighbor as yourself. \u201cDo not…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3312],"tags":[3449,3,3453,3447,3452,3319,399,926,98,401,3430,3450,3448,37,3345,30,3332,3446,3451,3314],"class_list":["post-2393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-with-god","tag-2-john-16","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-god-said","tag-gods-commandments","tag-greatest-commandment","tag-january-2026","tag-jesus-said","tag-leviticus-1918","tag-love","tag-love-one-another","tag-love-the-lord-your-god","tag-love-your-neighbor-as-your-self","tag-mark-1230-31","tag-obedience","tag-obey-god","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you-org","tag-walk-after-his-commandments","tag-walk-in-obedience-to-god","tag-walking-with-god"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Walk-After-His-Commandments-2John-1.6.jpg?fit=354%2C472&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2383,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/january-18-walk-in-gods-statutes-1-kings-861\/","url_meta":{"origin":2393,"position":0},"title":"January 18\u2014Walk in God\u2019s Statutes\u20141 Kings 8:61","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Walk in God\u2019s Statutes. 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