2 John 1:5

English Standard Version

5 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. (1Jo 2:7; 1Jo 3:11) 

New International Version

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. 

New International Reader’s Version

5 Dear lady, I’m not writing you a new command. I’m writing a command we’ve had from the beginning. I’m asking that we love one another. 

King James Version

5 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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