2 John 1:5
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd 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.
— 2 John 1:5, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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,