2 John 1:5

3 Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.

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

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.

6 And 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.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And now I implore you, lady, not as writing to you a new commandment, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we should love one another.
ÅB
Og nå ber jeg deg, frue, ikke som om jeg skrev deg et nytt bud, men det som vi hadde fra begynnelsen, at vi skal elske hverandre.
OTB
Nå ber jeg deg, frue, ikke som om jeg skrev et nytt bud til deg, men det som vi har hatt fra begynnelsen, at vi skal elske hverandre.
B1930
Og nu ber jeg dig, frue, ikke som om jeg skrev dig et nytt bud, men det som vi hadde fra begynnelsen, at vi skal elske hverandre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 John 3:11

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

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  • John 15:12

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

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  • John 13:34–35

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 4:9

    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.

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  • 1 John 3:23

    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.

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  • 1 John 4:20

    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.

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  • 1 Peter 4:8

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

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  • 1 John 3:14–18

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

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