2 John 5–6
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Warning Against False Teachers
1:5But now12 I ask you, lady (not as if I were13 writing a new commandment14 to you, but the one15 we have had from the beginning),16 that17 we love one another. 1:6(Now this is love: that we walk18 according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus19 you should walk in it.20
Footnotes
- 12 The introductory καὶ νῦν (kai nun) has some adversative (contrastive) force: The addressees are already “living according to the truth” (v. 4) but in the face of the threat posed by the opponents, the author has to stress obedience all the more.
- 13 The words “if I were” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for clarity in English.
- 14 An allusion to John 13:34–35, 1 John 2:7–8.
- 15 “The one” is not in the Greek text. It is supplied for clarity in English.
- 17 The ἵνα (hina) clause indicates content.
- 18 Or “that we live.”
- 19 The ἵνα (hina) clause indicates result, parallel to John 13:34 where the final ἵνα clause also indicates result.
- 20 Or “should live in obedience to it.”
Cross references
- 16 See 1 John 2:7.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
So now I ask you, dear lady—not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. This is love: that we walk according to his commands. This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: that you walk in love.
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NLTNew Living Translation
I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but one that we have had from the beginning), that we should 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.
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KJV 1900King 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. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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