2 John 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

2 John 1:5 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 John 1:519 words

καὶkaiand / also

νῦνnynhenceforth, + hereafter, of late

ἐρωτῶerōtōask, beseech, desire

σεseyou

κυρίαkyrialady

οὐχouchnot

ὡςhōsabout, after (that), (according) as (it ha…

ἐντολὴνentolēncommandment, precept

καινὴνkainēnnew

γράφωνgraphōndescribe, write(-ing, -ten)

σοιsoiyou

ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit

ἣνhēnwho / which

εἴχομενeichomenhave

ἀπ’ap’from

ἀρχῆςarchēsbeginning, corner, (at the

ἵναhinaso that / in order that

ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen(be-)love(-ed)

ἀλλήλουςallēlouseach other, mutual, one another

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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