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AndκαὶnowνῦνI askἐρωτῶyou,σεlady,κυρίαnotοὐχas thoughὡςI were writingγράφωνto youσοιa newκαινὴνcommandment,ἐντολὴνbutἀλλὰthe oneἣνwe have hadεἴχομενfromἀπ’the beginning,ἀρχῆςthatἵναwe loveἀγαπῶμενone another.ἀλλήλους
2 John 1:5
Study it in the app“And now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.”
With the Greek beneath
2 John 1:5, word by word
- I askἐρωτῶerōtō
request
To ask someone to do something.
Where else “erōtō” appears- ladyκυρίαkyria
lady
Lady.
Where else “kyria” appears- I were writingγράφωνgraphōn
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “graphōn” appears- a newκαινὴνkainēn
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kainēn” appears- commandmentἐντολὴνentolēn
commandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēn” appears- we have hadεἴχομενeichomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “eichomen” appears- the beginningἀρχῆςarchēs
beginning
The point where something starts: its first moment.
Where else “archēs” appears- we loveἀγαπῶμενagapōmen
love
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapōmen” appears- one anotherἀλλήλουςallēlous
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlous” appears
The context
4I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we received a commandment from the Father.
5 · This verse (above)
6And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you heard from the beginning, that you walk in it.