^7–8My dear friends, I’m not writing anything new here. This is the oldest commandment in the book, and you’ve known it from day one. It’s always been implicit in the Message you’ve heard.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old command that you have had from the beginning. The old command is the word you have heard.

NLTNew Living Translation

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message which you have heard.

KJV 1900King James Version

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

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