1Jo 2:7 | JFB | e4.org | 7. Brethren —The oldest manuscripts and versions read instead, "Beloved," appropriate to the subject here, love. no new commandment —namely, love, the main principle of walking as Christ walked ( ), and that commandment, of which one exemplification is presently given, , the love of brethren. ye had from the beginning —from the time that ye first heard the Gospel word preached.

‏ 1 John 2:7

7. Brethren—The oldest manuscripts and versions read instead, "Beloved," appropriate to the subject here, love.

no new commandment—namely, love, the main principle of walking as Christ walked (1Jo 2:6), and that commandment, of which one exemplification is presently given, 1Jo 2:9, 10, the love of brethren.

ye had from the beginning—from the time that ye first heard the Gospel word preached.