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NASB					2 John 1:5 Now³⁵⁶⁸ I ask²⁰⁶⁵ you, lady²⁹⁵⁹, ^Anot as though I were writing¹¹²⁵ to you a new²⁵³⁷ commandment¹⁷⁸⁵, but the one which³⁷³⁹ we have had²¹⁹² ^Afrom the beginning⁷⁴⁶, that we ^Blove²⁵ one²⁴⁰ another²⁴⁰.
AMPLIFIED 2015					2 John 1:5 Now I ask you, lady, not as if I were writing to you a new commandment, but [simply reminding you of] the one which we have had from the beginning, that we ¹love and unselfishly seek the best for one another.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
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The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.

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1 John 2:7 ¶ Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.

John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

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Greek Heb.

agapaô; of unc. or.; to love:--beloved(8), felt a love for(1), love(1), love(75), loved(38), loves(20).

240

allêlôn; a recip. pron.; of one another:--another(1), each(1), each other(1), one another(90), one another's(2), other's(1), themselves(1), together*(2), yourselves(1).

746

archê; from 757; beginning, origin:--beginning(38), corners(2), domain(1), elementary(1), elementary*(1), first(1), first preaching(1), principalities(1), rule(4), rulers(6).

1125

graphô; a prim. vb.; to write:--read(1), sent this letter(1), write(37), writes(1), writing(14), written(117), wrote(20).

1785

entolê; from 1781; an injunction, order, command:--command(2), commanded*(1), commandment(38), commandments(23), instructions(1), orders(1), requirement(1).

2065

erôtaô; akin to eromai (to ask); to ask, question:--ask(15), ask a question(1), asked(14), asking(11), asks(3), beg(1), begging(1), implored(1), imploring(1), make request(1), please(2), question(5), questioned(2), request(4), requesting(1), urging(1).

2192

echô; a prim. vb.; to have, hold:--ability(1), able(1), accompany(1), acknowledge*(1), am(2), become(1), been(3), being(1), being under(1), bringing(1), conceived*(1), consider(2), considered(2), could(2), derive(1), deriving(1), devoid*(1), enjoyed(1), experiencing(1), felt(1), following(1), get(2), gripped(1), had(80), has(134), have(283), have had(2), having(50), held(1), hold(5), holding(7), holds(2), ill*(5), incurring(1), involves(1), keep(3), keeping(3), kept(1), maintain(1), maintained(1), maintaining(1), meets(1), nearby(1), next(2), obliged*(1), obtain(2), obtained(1), owned(3), possess(2), possessed(4), possesses(1), receive(1), received(1), recover*(1), regard(2), regarded(1), reigns*(1), remember*(1), retain(1), seize(1), show(1), think*(1), unable*(1), under(1), under*(1), use(1), without*(3).

2537

kainos; a prim. word; new, fresh:--fresh(3), new(37), new things(1), things new(1).

2959

kuria; fem. of 2962; a lady:--lady(2).

3568

nun; a prim. particle of pres. time; now, the present:--actually(1), just now(1), now(130), present(11), present case(1), since(1), this time(1).

3739

hos,
hê,
ho; a prim. pron.; usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that:--another*(8), any(1), because*(7), deeds*(1), just(1), just*(1), once*(1), one(11), one*(6), other(2), others*(2), same(2), since*(3), so(1), some(7), some*(8), someone(1), such(1), there(1), these(6), these things(3), thing(1), things(4), third(1), this(22), this is what(1), those whom(1), until*(1), what(101), what*(2), whatever(5), whatever*(28), when(9), when*(3), where(1), where*(2), which(404), while*(3), who(158), whoever(4), whoever*(51), whom(218), whomever*(6), whose(38), why*(3).

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