2 John 1:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.”
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“And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and 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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 John 1:5 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 13:34A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
- Hebrews 13:1Continue in brotherly love.
- 1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.
- 1 Peter 4:8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 2 Peter 1:7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
- 1 John 2:7Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
- 1 John 3:11This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
- 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
- 1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.
- 1 John 4:7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- 1 John 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
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