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. People JohnPlaces EphesusTopics Beg, Beginning, Beseech, Command, Commandment, Dear, John, Kyria, Lady, Law, Love, Request, Revelation, Sending, Sister, Though, Writing, WroteOutline 1. He exhorts a certain honorable matron, with her children, to persevere in Christian love and belief,8. lest they lose the reward of their former profession;10. and to have nothing to do with those seducers that bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus.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 WroteLibrary The Books of the New Testament
[Sidenote: The Author.] The author describes himself as "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ" (i. 1). Few books of the New Testament are so well attested as this Epistle. The external evidence for its authenticity is strong, and stronger than that for any other Catholic Epistle except 1 John. It seems to be quoted in Didache, i. 4. The letter of Polycarp written about A.D. 110 shows a complete familiarity with 1 Peter. He evidently regarded it as a letter of the highest authority. His contemporary …
Leighton Pullan—The Books of the New TestamentParallel Verses NASB: 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.KJV: 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.
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