The elder says his greatest joy is hearing that his children are walking in the truth. Not just professing it, but embodying it. Truth is a way of life, not just doctrine.
He recalls a command they've had from the beginning: to love one another. Not sentimental affection, but committed care for one another. This is what love in truth means: you're acting in the interest of the other person out of devotion to what's true.
The command to love one another isn't new. It's what they've heard from the start. But it bears repeating because it's so easy to drift from it. Love isn't an add-on to truth. It's how truth gets lived.
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