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2 John 1:5

And nowe beseche I the lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto the but that same which we had from the begynninge that we shuld love one another.

Tyndale New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldre walkinge in trouth as we have receaved a commaundement of the father.

6And this is the love that we shulde walke after his commaundementes. This commaundement is (that as ye have hearde from the begynninge) ye shuld walke in it.

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Cross References

John 13:34A newe commaundment geve I vnto you that ye love to gedder as I have loved you that even so ye love one another.

Galatians 5:22But the frute of sprete is loue ioye peace longesufferinge gentlenes goodnes faythfulnes

1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touchynge brotherly love ye nede not that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God to love on another.

1 Peter 1:22And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten saynynge se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently:

2 Peter 1:7in godlynes brotherly kyndnes in brotherly kyndnes love.

1 John 3:11For this is the tydinges that ye hearde from the begynninge that we shuld love one another:

Matthew Henry on 2 John 1:2-5

Salutation. ( a. d. 90.) 1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; 2 For the truth's sake, 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 the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. Ancient epistles began, as… Read the whole commentary →

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