1 John 2:7
Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.This verse in the real world
In what words
- παλαιόςpalaiósantique, i.e. not recent, worn out
- καινόςkainós
- ἀρχήarchḗ(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of orde
- ἐντολήentolḗinjunction, i.e. an authoritative prescription
- γράφωgráphōto "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe
- λόγοςlógossomething said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), al
- ἀδελφόςadelphósa brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1 (Α))
- ἀκούωakoúōto hear (in various senses)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Jn 3:11, Lev 19:18, Mrk 12:29–34, 2Jn 1:5–6, Gal 5:13–14, Rom 13:8–10, Mat 22:37–40, 1Jn 3:23