And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another
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King James Version
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.English Standard Version
And now I ask you, dear lady--not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning--that we love one another.New International Version
And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.