5And 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.


In Context

2 for the truth's sake which abideth in us, and it shall be with us for ever:

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

4 I rejoice greatly that I have found certain of thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

5 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.

6 And this is love, that we should walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, even as ye heard from the beginning, that ye should walk in it.

7 For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, even they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

2 John 1:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5Now 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:5and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:5And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.