1 John

1 John 2:7

⁷Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Beloved	Ἀγαπητοί	Agapētoi	Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural	G27 loved, beloved
I am not writing	γράφω	graphō	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G1125 I write
to you	ὑμῖν	hymin	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
a new	καινὴν	kainēn	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2537 fresh, new
commandment	ἐντολὴν	entolēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G1785 an ordinance, injunction, command
but	ἀλλ’	all’	Conjunction	G235 but, except
an old	παλαιὰν	palaian	Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3820 old, ancient, worn out
which	ἣν	hēn	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3739 who, which, what, that
you have had	εἴχετε	eichete	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G2192 I have, hold, possess
from	ἀπ’	ap’	Preposition	G575 from, away from
beginning	ἀρχῆς	archēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G746 ruler, beginning
commandment	ἐντολὴ	entolē	Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular	G1785 an ordinance, injunction, command
is	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
the	ὁ	ho	Article - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
message	λόγος	logos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3056 a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy
you have heard	ἠκούσατε	ēkousate	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G191 I hear, listen

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 John 3:11 · Leviticus 19:18 · Mark 12:29–34 · 2 John 1:5–6 · Romans 13:8–10 · Galatians 5:13–14 · Matthew 22:37–40 · Leviticus 19:34 · Deuteronomy 6:5 · 1 John 3:23 · 1 John 2:24 · James 2:8–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.