⁴ I rejoiced greatly that I have found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received commandment from the Father.

⁵ And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing to thee a new commandment, but that which we have had from [the] beginning, that we should love one another.

⁶ And this is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, according as ye have heard from the beginning, that ye might walk in it.