2 John 1:5

Greek	καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” νῦν ἐρωτῶ σε, Κυρία, οὐχ ὡς ἐντολὴν καινὴν γράφων σοι ἀλλὰ ἣν εἴχαμεν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς,plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἀρχή greek Meaning: * Beginning * First * Elementary * Rulers, rule, domain Noun, feminine (first declension) Occurs 56 times in the New Testament, consistently conveying the idea of primacy - whether temporal (i.e. the start, e.g. John 1:1) or causal (i.e. the source) or governmental (i.e. the ruler, e.g. Ephesians 6:12 ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους.
ESV	And now I ask you, dear lady- not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning- that we love one another.
NIV	And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another.
NLT	I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning.
KJV	And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

^{2 John 1:4 ← 2 John 1:5 → 2 John 1:6}