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 These instances of  "you" are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
 
-# not as though I were writing to you a new commandment
+# I were writing to you a new commandment, but one that we have had from the beginning
 
-"not as though I were commanding you to do something new"
+Here, "beginning" refers to "when we first believed." Alternate translation: "I were commanding you to do something new, but what Christ commanded us to do when we first believed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
 
-# but one that we have had from the beginning
-
-Here, "beginning" refers to "when we first believed." Alternate translation: "but I am writing to you what Christ commanded us to do when we first believed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
 
 # beginning—that we should love one another