2 John 1;3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
John begins in these scripture to characterize three other attributes of Christians which is grace , mercy, and peace that go along with truth and love. John’s succession from grace to mercy and then peace marks the order from the first motion of God to the final satisfaction of man. The confines of these threefold blessings are within the sphere of truth and love. The word “walking” has reference to continual walking in the truth making obedience to the truth a habit in One’s life. We are all commanded of God to live upright lives. In fact, if we love Him, we will keep His commandments.