Jump to Previous Beg Beginning Beseech Command Commandment Dear First Lady New Request Sending Sister Writing WroteJump to Next Beg Beginning Beseech Command Commandment Dear First Lady New Request Sending Sister Writing WroteParallel Verses English Standard Version And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. New American Standard Bible Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible So now I urge you, dear lady--not as if I were writing you a new command, but one we have had from the beginning--that we love one another. International Standard Version Dear lady, I am now requesting of you that we all continue to love one another. It is not as though I am writing to give you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning. NET Bible 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And now I would persuade you Lady, not according to the new commandment I wrote to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. GOD'S WORD® Translation Dear lady, I'm now requesting that we continue to love each other. It's not as though I'm writing to give you a new commandment. Rather, from the beginning we were commanded to love each other. King James 2000 Bible And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. American King James Version And 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. American Standard Version 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. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. Darby Bible Translation And 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. English Revised Version 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. Webster's Bible Translation And 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. Weymouth New Testament And now, dear lady, I pray you--writing to you, as I do, not a new command, but the one which we have had from the very beginning--let us love one another. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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, Lexicon και conjunctionkai  kahee: and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words νυν adverb nun  noon: now (as adverb of date, a transition or emphasis); also as noun or adjective present or immediate ερωτω verb - present active indicative - first person singular erotao  er-o-tah'-o: to interrogate; by implication, to request -- ask, beseech, desire, intreat, pray. σε personal pronoun - second person accusative singular se  seh: thee -- thee, thou, thy house. κυρια noun - vocative singular feminine Kuria  koo-ree'-ah: Cyria, a Christian woman -- lady. ουχ particle - nominative ou  oo: no or not -- + long, nay, neither, never, no (man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. ως adverb hos  hoce: which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows) εντολην noun - accusative singular feminine entole  en-tol-ay': injunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription -- commandment, precept. γραφων verb - present active participle - nominative singular masculine grapho  graf'-o: to grave, especially to write; figuratively, to describe -- describe, write(-ing, -ten). σοι personal pronoun - second person dative singular soi  soy: to thee -- thee, thine own, thou, thy. καινην adjective - accusative singular feminine kainos  kahee-nos':  new (especially in freshness) -- new. αλλα conjunction alla  al-lah': other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) -- and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet. ην relative pronoun - accusative singular feminine hos  hos: the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that -- one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc. ειχομεν verb - imperfect active indicative - first person echo  ekh'-o:  (used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold απ preposition apo  apo': off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative) αρχης noun - genitive singular feminine arche  ar-khay': beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule. ινα conjunction hina  hin'-ah: in order that (denoting the purpose or the result) -- albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to. αγαπωμεν verb - present active subjunctive - first person agapao  ag-ap-ah'-o:  to love (in a social or moral sense) -- (be-)love(-ed). αλληλους reciprocal pronoun - accusative plural masculine allelon  al-lay'-lone: one another -- each other, mutual, one another, (the other), (them-, your-)selves, (selves) Multilingual 2 Jean 1:5 FrenchLinks 2 John 1:5 NIV • 2 John 1:5 NLT • 2 John 1:5 ESV • 2 John 1:5 NASB • 2 John 1:5 KJV • 2 John 1:5 Bible Apps • 2 John 1:5 Parallel • Bible Hub |