Catholic Public Domain Version
"And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. "
— 2 John 1:5, Catholic Public Domain 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.”
“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. ”
“Now 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.”
“Warning Against False Teachers But now I ask you, lady(not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another.”
“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.”
“And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.”
“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.”
because the truth which dwells in us shall be with us for eternity.
May grace, mercy, and peace be with you from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus, the Son of the Father, in truth and in love.
I was very glad because I discovered some of your sons walking in the truth, just as we received the commandment from the Father.
And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another.
And this is love: that we walk according to his commandments. For this is the commandment that you have heard in the same way from the beginning, and in which you should walk.
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh. Such a one as this is a deceiver and an antichrist.
Be cautious for yourselves, lest you lose what you have accomplished, and so that, instead, you may receive a full reward.