John Gill's Exposition on 2 John 1:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And now I beseech thee, lady, etc.] Or “Kyria”, which word the Syriac and Arabic versions retain, as if it was a proper name: the apostle having finished the inscription, salutation, and congratulation in the preceding verses, passes to an exhortation and entreaty to observe the commandment of love to one another, which is not a new commandment, but what was from the beginning: not as though I wrote a new commandment, etc. (see Gill on “<610207>1 John 2:7”) and (see Gill on “<610208>1 John 2:8”).

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