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# Connecting Statement:
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John gives believers basic principles of fellowship—obedience and love.
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# Beloved, I am
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"You people whom I love, I am" or "Dear friends, I am"
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# I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment
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"I write to you to love one other, which is not a new thing to do but an old commandment that you had heard." John refers to Jesus' command to love one another.
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# from the beginning
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Here, "beginning" refers to when they decided to follow Christ. Alternate translation: "from when you first believed in Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# The old commandment is the word that you heard.
""The old commandment is the message that you heard"
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