And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected.
(2 Jn 5-6; 1 Jn 2:4-5a - ESV)
The essence of loving one another is to walk in God's commands. The proof of our love for Him is our obedience, and the essence of our love for each other is in that same obedience.
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