2 John 1:5 in Other Translations
King James Version (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.
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
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.
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.
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,
| And | καὶ | kai | kay |
| now | νῦν | nyn | nyoon |
| I beseech | ἐρωτῶ | erōtō | ay-roh-TOH |
| thee, | σε | se | say |
| lady, | κυρία | kyria | kyoo-REE-ah |
| not | οὐχ | ouch | ook |
| I though as | ὡς | hōs | ose |
| wrote | ἐντολὴν | entolēn | ane-toh-LANE |
| a new | γράφω | graphō | GRA-foh |
| commandment | σοι | soi | soo |
| thee, unto | καινὴν | kainēn | kay-NANE |
| but | ἀλλὰ | alla | al-LA |
| that that | ἣν | hēn | ane |
| which | εἴχομεν | eichomen | EE-hoh-mane |
| we had | ἀπ' | ap | ap |
| from | ἀρχῆς | archēs | ar-HASE |
| beginning, the | ἵνα | hina | EE-na |
| we love | ἀγαπῶμεν | agapōmen | ah-ga-POH-mane |
| one another. | ἀλλήλους | allēlous | al-LAY-loos |