1Jo 2:7 | JFB | STEP | 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.