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2 John 1:5

NETBible	But now¹ I ask you, lady (not as if I were² writing a new commandment³ to you, but the one⁴ we have had from the beginning),⁵ that⁶ we love one another.
NIV © biblegateway 2Jo 1:5	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.
NASB © biblegateway 2Jo 1:5	Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
NLT © biblegateway 2Jo 1:5	And now I want to urge you, dear lady, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we had from the beginning.
MSG © biblegateway 2Jo 1:5	But permit me a reminder, friends, and this is not a new commandment but simply a repetition of our original and basic charter: that we love each other.
BBE © SABDAweb 2Jo 1:5	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Jo 1:5	But now, dear lady, I ask you, not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning, let us love one another.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Jo 1:5	And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.
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KJV	And <2532> now <3568> I beseech <2065> (5719) thee <4571>_, lady <2959>_, not <3756> as though <5613> I wrote <1125> (5719) (5625) <1125> (5723) a new <2537> commandment <1785> unto thee <4671>_, but <235> that which <3739> we had <2192> (5707) from <575> the beginning <746>_, that <2443> we love <25> (5725) one another <240>_.
NASB © biblegateway 2Jo 1:5	Now <3568> I ask <2065> you, lady <2959> , not as though I were writing <1125> to you a new <2537> commandment <1785> , but the one which <3739> we have had <2192> from the beginning <746> , that we love <25> one <240> another <240> .
NET [draft] ITL	But <2532> now <3568> I ask <2065> you <4571> , lady <2959> (not <3756> as <5613> if I were writing <1125> a new <2537> commandment <1785> to you <4671> , but <235> the one <3739> we have had <2192> from <575> the beginning <746> ), that <2443> we love <25> one another <240> .
GREEK	kai <2532> CONJ nun <3568> ADV erwtw <2065> (5719) V-PAI-1S se <4571> P-2AS kuria <2959> N-VSF ouc <3756> PRT-N wv <5613> ADV entolhn <1785> N-ASF grafwn <1125> (5723) V-PAP-NSM soi <4671> P-2DS kainhn <2537> A-ASF alla <235> CONJ hn <3739> R-ASF eicomen <2192> (5707) V-IAI-1P ap <575> PREP archv <746> N-GSF ina <2443> CONJ agapwmen <25> (5725) V-PAS-1P allhlouv <240> C-APM

NETBible

But now¹ I ask you, lady (not as if I were² writing a new commandment³ to you, but the one⁴ we have had from the beginning),⁵ that⁶ we love one another.

NET Notes

¹tn 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.

²tn The words “if I were” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied for clarity in English.

³sn An allusion to John 13:34-35, 1 John 2:7-8.

⁴tn “The one” is not in the Greek text. It is supplied for clarity in English.

⁵sn See 1 John 2:7.

⁶tn The ἵνα (Jina) clause indicates content.