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I rejoiced chairō greatly lian because hoti I have found heuriskō some of ek · ho your sy children teknon walking peripateō in en the truth alētheia, just as kathōs we received lambanō commandment entolē from para the ho Father patēr. And kai now nyn I ask erōtaō you sy, dear lady kyria not ou as though hōs I were writing graphō a new kainos commandment entolē to you sy, but alla the one hos we have had echō from apo the beginning archē that hina we love agapaō one another allēlōn. And kai this houtos is eimi · ho love agapē: that hina we walk peripateō according to kata · ho his autos commandments entolē. This houtos is eimi the ho commandment entolē, just as kathōs you have heard akouō from apo the beginning archē, that hina you should walk peripateō in en it autos.

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Walking in Truth and Love

(A)I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. And now I ask you, dear lady—(B)not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—(C)that we love one another. And (D)this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just (E)as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.

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