2 John 1:5 “And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one…”

2 John 1:5

And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

World English Bible

Now I beg you, dear lady, not as though I wrote to you a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

American Standard Version

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

Geneva Bible 1599

And nowe beseeche I thee, Lady, (not as writing a newe commandement vnto thee, but that same which we had from the beginning) that we loue one another.

Darby Translation

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from [the] beginning, that we should love one another.

Young's Literal Translation

and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

Bible in Basic English

And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

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Cross references

“not”

1 John 3:11 1 John 2:7 1 John 2:8

1 John 3:11 · BSB

This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

1 John 2:7 · BSB

Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

1 John 2:8 · BSB

Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining.

“that we”

John 15:12 1 Thessalonians 4:9 1 John 3:23 1 John 4:20 1 Peter 4:8 1 John 3:14–18

John 15:12 · BSB

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

1 Thessalonians 4:9 · BSB

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

1 John 3:23 · BSB

And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

1 John 4:20 · BSB

If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

1 Peter 4:8 · BSB

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:14–18 · BSB

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father has commanded us.

6And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

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