⁵Now I ask you, lady, ^anot as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had ^bfrom the beginning, that we ^clove one another.

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Cross references

a 1 John 2:7
b 1 John 2:7
c John 13:34, 35; 15:12, 17; 1 John 3:11; 4:7, 11

In other versions

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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