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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.
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The Unchanging Commandment
John isn't introducing a new rule but urgently reminding his readers of a command they've known "from the beginning" of their faith: to love one another. Commentators note this was a central theme for the apostle John, emphasizing that mutual love is a foundational and non-negotiable aspect of Christianity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And now I beseech thee, lady. Or, "And now I entreat you, Cyria" (kuria). See Introduction and section 2. If this was her proper …
Beseech (ερωτω). For pray as in 1 John 5:16.
Lady (κυρια). Vocative case and in the same sense…
19th Century
Anglican
St. John had recently had the opportunity of observing how some of the matron’s children proved their adherence to the truth by their daily conduct…
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Clearly for John the commandment of love has precedence here, just as it does in 1Jn 4:21. It is not that love precedes truth or belief but that lo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now I beseech you, lady Or "Kyria", which word the Syriac and Arabic versions retain, as if it was a proper name…
It is good to be trained in faith from an early age; and children may be beloved for their parents' sake. It gave great joy to the apostle to see c…
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