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.


In Context

2 for the truth's sake which abides in us and shall be with us to eternity.

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

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

5 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.

6 And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.

7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, they who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in 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 American Standard 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 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.