^34 (A)A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

^7 [a]Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had ^(A)from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard ^[b]from the beginning.

⁸ Again, ^(A)a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, ^(B)because the darkness is passing away, and ^(C)the true light is already shining.

⁵ And now I plead with you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we have had from the beginning: ^(A)that we love one another.