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.


In Context

2 For the sake of the truth which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.

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

4 I was exceeding glad, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

5 And 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.

6 And this is charity, that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment, that, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in the same:

7 For many seducers are gone out into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh: this is a seducer and an 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 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 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.