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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 1:5Greek Interlinear

Greek · 2 John 1:519 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
νῦνnyn
nowadverbG3568
ἐρωτῶerōtō
I imploreverbG2065
σεse
youpronounG4771
κυρίαkyria
ladynounG2959
οὐχouch
notadverbG3756
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
ἐντολὴνentolēn
a commandmentnounG1785
καινὴνkainēn
newadjectiveG2537
γράφωνgraphōn
I am writingverbG1125
σοιsoi
to youpronounG4771
ἀλλὰalla
butwordG235
ἣνhēn
that whichrelative pronounG3739
εἴχομενeichomen
we have hadverbG2192
ἀπ’ap’
fromprepositionG575
ἀρχῆςarchēs
the beginningnounG746
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
ἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
we may loveverbG25
ἀλλήλουςallēlous
one anotherpronounG240
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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