1 John 2:7
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
KJV
Ἀγαπητοί, οὐκ ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐντολὴν παλαιὰν ἣν εἴχετε ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς· ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ παλαιά ἐστιν ὁ λόγος ὃν ἠκούσατε.
Greek NT
Carissimi, non mandatum novum scribo vobis, sed mandatum vetus, quod habuistis ab initio. Mandatum vetus est verbum, quod audistis.
Vulgate
Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.
ASV
Dearly beloved, I write not a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καινός
kainos
adjective · 41×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παλαιός
palaios
adjective · 19×
ἀγαπητός
agapetos
adjective · 61×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: Ἀγαπητοί | WH/Treg/NIV: Ἀγαπητοί | RP: Ἀδελφοί
- Ἀγαπητοί — SBLGNT
- Ἀγαπητοί — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἀδελφοί — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἠκούσατε | WH/Treg/NIV: ἠκούσατε | RP: + ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς
- ἠκούσατε — SBLGNT
- ἠκούσατε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
5. And thus what Moses taught, that Abraham observed; and what Abraham observed, that Noah and Enoch acknowledged, discriminating pure from impure, and becoming acceptable to God. For Abel too in this way witnessed, knowing what he had learned from Adam, who himself had learned from that Lord, who said, when He came at the end of the ages for the abolishment of sin, I give no n…
Cross-references
- 1John 2:24 — Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
- 1John 2:24 — Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
- 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- 1John 3:11 — For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- 1John 3:23 — And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
- 2John 1:5 — 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.
- 2John 1:5 — 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.
- Deut 6:5 — And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- Gal 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
- Jas 2:8 — If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
- John 13:34 — A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
- John 15:12 — This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
- Lev 19:18 — Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
- Lev 19:34 — But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
- Mark 12:29 — And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
- Matt 5:43 — Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
- Matt 13:52 — Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
- Matt 22:37 — Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
- Rom 13:8 — Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.