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29 lines
988 B
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John continues to speak to the church as "the lady." The believers are her "children." (See: [2 John 1:1](./01.md))
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## some of your children ##
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The word "your" is singular.
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## just as we have received this commandment from the Father ##
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"just as God the Father commanded us"
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## not as though I wrote to you a new commandment ##
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"not as though I am commanding you to do something new"
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## but that which we have had from the beginning ##
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"but I am writing to you what Christ commanded us to do when we first believed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## that we should love one another ##
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This could be translated as a new sentence: "And he commanded that we should love one another."
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## This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it ##
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The word "it" refers to love. Alternate translation: "And he has commanded you since you first believed to love one another."
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## that you should walk ##
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The word "you" is plural. |