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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 — KJV
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2 John 1:5
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Commentary
Commentary on 2 John 1:5
Theological / DevotionalNow. In v. 4 the apostle recorded past satisfaction at the condition of his friends. He now concerns himself with their future conduct.
Beseech. Gr. erōtaō, “to ask,” “to pray,” “to beseech,” and “to desire.”
Thee. The use of the singular pronoun is cited by some as proof that the recipient of the letter was a literal lady, but this reasoning is weakened by the writer’s later use of “yourselves” (v. 8), “you” (vs. 10, 12, a plural as indicated by the Greek). It would appear that John uses both singular and plural forms of address interchangeably in this letter.
Lady. Gr. kuria (see on v. 1).
New commandment. See on 1 John 2:7, 8; 3:11. It is probable that the readers of this epistle had also read John’s first letter.
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